# Amputations at STRATEGIC MATERIALS INC
> OSHA SIR `20201211838` · 12/18/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** STRATEGIC MATERIALS INC
- **Location:** 8436 Kopman Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 18, 2020, an employee was walking through a plant next to a conveyor. The employee's safety vest got caught in a rotating chain and sprocket that powered the conveyor. As he tried to free himself, his gloved left hand was pulled into the sprocket and his fingers were lacerated. He suffered amputations to the fingers.

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