# Amputations at El Rio Grande Latin Market
> OSHA SIR `2018054277` · 5/2/2018 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** El Rio Grande Latin Market
- **Location:** 3037 S. Fwy, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76104
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning a meat grinder, an employee's hand entered the discharge tube and contacted the blades. 

The employee suffer amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. The meat grinder was not locked out and was in operation at the time of the incident.

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