# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at LAEL, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `20241211699` · 12/18/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** LAEL, LTD.
- **Location:** 715 Normandy Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 445210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a meat saw and amputated his right little fingertip. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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