# Amputations at Morrison Milling
> OSHA SIR `2016088238` · 8/31/2016 · DENTON, 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:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Morrison Milling
- **Location:** 319 Prairie St., DENTON, TEXAS, 76204
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the proximity switch on the palletizer machine and amputated two fingers at the second knuckle.

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