# Amputations at AmTex Machine Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111162` · 11/23/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AmTex Machine Products Inc.
- **Location:** 4517 Brittmoore Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a blank piece of pipe into the chucks of a CNC machine when the blank fell and his right finger was caught between the blank and the metal bar inside the machine. His right ring fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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