# Amputations involving bone loss at GENERAL PLASTICS & COMPOSITES, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20241211737` · 12/19/2024 · HALTOM CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL PLASTICS & COMPOSITES, L.P.
- **Location:** 2209 Moneda Street, HALTOM CITY, TEXAS, 76117
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 40" rubber mill and clearing a jam when his gloved left hand was caught and pulled in between the rollers of the mill. All four fingers on the left hand were amputated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. The machine was guarded at the time.

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