# Amputations at Leo Hicks Creosoting Co.,Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098602` · 9/12/2016 · ALTO, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Leo Hicks Creosoting Co.,Inc.
- **Location:** 11840 US Highway 69 S, ALTO, TEXAS, 75925
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the post peeler when the chain that rolls the post peeler became jammed and would not turn over. He shut everything off, but the belt energized and caught his hand in the gear box belt and pulley, amputating his left ring finger.

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