# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Utex Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088572` · 8/27/2025 · WEIMAR, 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  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Utex Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 605 Utex Drive, WEIMAR, TEXAS, 78962
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tape cutting machine, which automatically cuts 2-inch cloth material into predetermined lengths. The material became jammed in the blade, which froze in the partway down position. The employee began working to unjam the material. The machine activated, causing the blade to become free. The blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip above the first knuckle and the tip of their left thumb.

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