# Amputations at AHI Supply
> OSHA SIR `2017010311` · 1/10/2017 · ALVIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** AHI Supply
- **Location:** 2800 North Gordon Street, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77511
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing rebar into the bending machine and amputated the right index fingertip when the machine was activated. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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