# Amputations at Southern Stretch Forming
> OSHA SIR `2019099658` · 9/16/2019 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Stretch Forming
- **Location:** 9070 Teasley Lane, DENTON, TEXAS, 76210
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments at the back of a machine. When the machine operator started the machine, the employee's thumb was under a chain on the machine and was smashed, resulting in the amputation of the left thumb tip.

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