# Amputations involving bone loss at Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043572` · 4/24/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 4545 Pine Timbers Ste. 324, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had adjusted the punch on a spinning machine. When the machine was activated, the punch crushed the employee's left index finger resulting in partial amputation through the phalanx.

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