# Amputations at Applied Machinery Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018032255` · 3/6/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Applied Machinery Corporation
- **Location:** 7705 Fry Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending the ladder of a scaffold when he stepped off the ladder too early. Attempting to catch himself, he grabbed for the ladder and his ring was caught, tearing the skin on his left ring finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated.

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