# Amputations at Twang Partners, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2015107954` · 10/23/2015 · SAN ANTONIO, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Twang Partners, LTD
- **Location:** 6255 WT Montgomery Rd., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78252
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating and monitoring an industrial spice packaging machine. The machine jammed and the employee suffered the amputation of the left ring and middle fingers while attempting to unjam the machine.

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