# Amputations at TD Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109411` · 10/5/2016 · 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:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TD Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77010
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by an air handler when he heard a strange mechanical noise. He walked behind the air handler to investigate and attempted to stop the machine's moving rubber belt. His right middle finger contacted the belt and was amputated above the knuckle.

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