# Amputations at Commercial Kitchens, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076476` · 7/10/2020 · 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Commercial Kitchens, Inc.
- **Location:** 2320 Peyton Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal on a shear machine. The machine cycled and the ram came down to hold the piece of metal. It crushed the tip of the employee's right little finger, which was medically amputated to the first knuckle.

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