# Amputations at Southern Container, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2017065211` · 6/8/2017 · 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:** Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Container, Ltd
- **Location:** 10410 Papalote, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a printing machine. He was trying to clean the printing plate with a rag when the machine's roller caught the employee's rag and pulled his right hand into the machine, amputating four fingers. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time.

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