# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Viaflex, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032533` · 3/17/2025 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Scissors, snips, shears
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Viaflex, Inc.
- **Location:** 11401 W. County Rd 30, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79707
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was letting air out of a winding shaft using scissors as a lift table was used to pull the roll off the shaft. The roll/cardboard core slid over the top of the injured employee's scissors and caused the scissors to amputate the employee's little fingertip at the nail base.

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