# Amputations at HTI, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2020021060` · 2/1/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HTI, LTD.
- **Location:** 2430 Aldine Mail Route Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77039
- **NAICS:** 423730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out air handler bearings, using a beltway to rotate a motor shaft. The drive belt rolled his gloved right index finger into the pulley sheave, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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