# Amputations at Gourmet Ranch, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016054250` · 5/16/2016 · HOUSTON, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gourmet Ranch, LLC
- **Location:** 3902 N. Main St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77009
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While placing beef into a meat tenderizer, an employee's right hand was caught in the machine, amputating the pinky finger and ring fingertip.

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