# Amputations at Texas Tissue Converting LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099201` · 9/6/2018 · 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Tissue Converting LLC
- **Location:** 1521 Greens Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading paper through a roller. As he tried to remove a piece of paper, the roll caught his hand and pulled it into the machine. His right ring finger was amputated.

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