# Amputations at Breedlove Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015107723` · 10/15/2015 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Breedlove Foods Inc
- **Location:** 1818 N Martin Luther King Blvd., LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning equipment with a water hose and got a hand caught in the potato line auger. The right hand was amputated.

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