# Amputations at ACME Brick Company
> OSHA SIR `2017099057` · 9/21/2017 · ELGIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ACME Brick Company
- **Location:** 1776 Old McDade Rd., ELGIN, TEXAS, 78621
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing brick debris from a conveyor line when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between brick stacks.

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