Severed arm prompts lawsuit Severed arm prompts lawsuit Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 2:10 pm, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Blas Esteban Solis, an independent contractor and machine operator at Mauser USA in Houston, was working on machine that applies seams to metal drums when it malfunctioned in July ... [News Source]