# Amputations at Abimar Foods
> OSHA SIR `2016053859` · 5/6/2016 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Abimar Foods
- **Location:** 5425 N 1st Street, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79603
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cookie packages from the conveyor belt when his finger was caught in the bridge of the conveyor belt and pulled under the belt of the machine. The distal phalanges (pinkie) were amputated. The incident happened on 5/6/16 at 8:45 AM.

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