# Amputations at Auxano Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110811` · 11/17/2016 · CORPUS CHRISTI, 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:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Auxano Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 4261 Beacon St., CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78405
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor belt on the hamburger patty line in a meat processing plant. His gloved right hand got caught in the gear resulting in amputation of the index finger.

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