# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Metal Improvement
> OSHA SIR `20241110315` · 11/5/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Improvement
- **Location:** 25 Southbelt Industrial Drive., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77047
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a part on a turntable for thermal spray coating when his left thumb tip was caught in the turntable, resulting in a partial amputation.

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