# Amputations at Juan Mendoza
> OSHA SIR `2015118266` · 11/3/2015 · BROWNFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Juan Mendoza
- **Location:** 1564 CR 474, BROWNFIELD, TEXAS, 79316
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a product elevator and amputated the index fingertip in the conveyor belt.

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