# Amputations at Brakebush Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032125` · 3/2/2018 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Brakebush Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 2230 E Union Bower Rd., IRVING, TEXAS, 75061
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a chicken processing line and cleaning chicken from a motor box when his gloved hand was pulled into a gear shaft, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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