# Amputations at Fritz Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088585` · 8/20/2018 · MESQUITE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Fritz Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 N Sam Houston Rd, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75150
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was de-clumping some material and feeding it through a chute when the chute's auger amputated part of his right index finger. The auger was unguarded 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*