# Amputations at Freedom Powersports, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098683` · 9/13/2016 · HURST, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Motorcycle, moped, dirt bike
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Freedom Powersports, LLC
- **Location:** 633 NE Loop 820, HURST, TEXAS, 76053
- **NAICS:** 423120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the chain on a motorcycle with a rag when the rag was caught in the chain. The employee's fingers were then pulled into the chain, amputating the right middle and pointer fingertips. The motorcycle wheel was spinning at the time.

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