# Amputations at Metal Zinc, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098525` · 9/15/2023 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Zinc, LLC
- **Location:** 19408 Kenswick Drive, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77338
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal on an elbow machine when he noticed the machine was cutting incorrectly. As the employee went to make adjustments, his right little finger was amputated.

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