# Amputations at Marco
> OSHA SIR `2017088155` · 8/24/2017 · FORT WORTH, 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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Marco
- **Location:** 9595 Camp Bowie, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76140
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was learning to operate an edge sander and suffered a finger amputation while cleaning out the sander.

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