# Amputations at Richardson Milling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015097224` · 9/24/2015 · DAWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Richardson Milling, Inc.
- **Location:** FM 809 AT FM1062, DAWN, TEXAS, 79025
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring the flow of flour bags along a conveyor on a packaging machine.  He noticed a bag that had gotten caught at the top and attempted to reach in to pull it through. His gloved hand got pinched in the machine, lacerating the right middle fingertip.

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