# Amputations involving bone loss at Mandrels, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032369` · 3/16/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Mandrels, LLC
- **Location:** 9107 Ley Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drill press when their glove got caught in the moving bit and their left index fingertip was amputated above the top knuckle.

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