# Amputations at Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031394` · 3/23/2015 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 W. Chapin, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78541
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing packs of tortillas into a machine that cuts the tortillas into triangles. The employee's fingers came in contact with the machine where it lowers to cut the strips.

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