# Amputations at Ruiz Foods
> OSHA SIR `20171010279` · 10/26/2017 · DENISON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruiz Foods
- **Location:** 2410 Texoma Dr., DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a batter mixer pump when the employee's hand slipped into the machine's operating grinder, amputating the middle finger above the middle knuckle and the ring finger at the bottom of the fingernail.

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