# Amputations at Voestalpine Texas LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077083` · 7/13/2018 · PORTLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Voestalpine Texas LLC
- **Location:** 2800 Kay Bailey Hutchinson Road, PORTLAND, TEXAS, 78374
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting quality assurance work on a conveyor belt where maintenance was being conducted when he placed his hand on the conveyor rail and the roller pinched his left pinky finger, resulting in a partial amputation/avulsion. The roller was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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