# Amputations at YT Ranch
> OSHA SIR `2015085780` · 8/13/2015 · GOLDSMITH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** YT Ranch
- **Location:** Box 443, GOLDSMITH, TEXAS, 79741
- **NAICS:** 112111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand got caught and severed in a shear machine while cutting fence posts.

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