# Amputations at KHS USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087292` · 8/10/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** KHS USA, Inc.
- **Location:** Western Container Corporation, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77018
- **NAICS:** 333993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a borescope camera into the inlet port of a liquid ring vacuum pump to take internal pictures. The camera was passing through a ball valve when the valve closed on his finger and the borescope. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*