# Amputations at Dal Tile International
> OSHA SIR `2017098598` · 9/7/2017 · EL PASO, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Dal Tile International
- **Location:** 12001 Railroad Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79934
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of tile from a belt conveyor system when his left index finger was caught in the belt and pulley, amputating it at the first knuckle.

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