# Amputations at Alpha Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111150` · 11/9/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 10660 Fallstone, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77099
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning print ink on a roll with a cloth when an uncovered gear at the end of the roll amputated his pinky finger. PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.

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