# Amputations at ISCO Industries
> OSHA SIR `20231211380` · 12/14/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ISCO Industries
- **Location:** 5610 Almeda-Genoa Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77048
- **NAICS:** 326191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fusing two HDPE pipes in a machine when the machine amputated his left index and middle fingertips.

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