# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Premier Drill Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087509` · 8/15/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Premier Drill Products, LLC
- **Location:** 7401 Mesa Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77028
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2024, at approximately 9:45 AM, an employee was adjusting/turning pipe when the clamps of the inertia welding machine were activated and pinched three of their left hand fingers. The employee sustained amputations to their thumb, index, and middle fingers.

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