# Amputations at Caviness Beef Packers Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2015010947` · 1/29/2015 · HEREFORD, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers Ltd.
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning out a pre-breaker feed and reached into a rotating auger to remove debris. The auger caught his right index finger. This caused a laceration and an amputation to the tip of his right index finger's first knuckle.

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