# Amputations at Uniwell Labortaories
> OSHA SIR `2017098459` · 9/1/2017 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Uniwell Labortaories
- **Location:** 14801 Sovereign Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76155
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine. Her hand was on the rubber belt trying to make it engage and run. The belt began to run, catching and cutting her left ring fingertip, which had to be surgically amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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