# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Walkup Co
> OSHA SIR `2025010298` · 1/9/2025 · 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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Walkup Co
- **Location:** 5945 Armour Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was processing parts on a hydraulic brake press. The ram came down to form a part and crushed his right hand, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

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