# Amputations at Tri-State Industries of LA
> OSHA SIR `2019011104` · 1/30/2019 · ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri-State Industries of LA
- **Location:** 1111N. 3rd St., ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71303
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading steel parts into a bending machine when the intake roller on the bending machine grabbed his glove and pulled his left hand into the roller, resulting in an amputation to his left index finger.

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