# Amputations at O'Brien Wire Products of Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107953` · 10/23/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Wire Products of Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 12800 Aldine Westfield Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77039
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While adjusting the shear on the Schlatter machine, an employee's first two fingers on his left hand were amputated.

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