# Amputations at United Salt Baytown, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181112003` · 11/22/2018 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Salt Baytown, LLC
- **Location:** 7901 FM 1405, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the salt in a pellet press with an air hose when the air hose wand was pulled into the press by the rollers. As the air hose wand was forced upward by the rollers, the employee's hand was caught in between the air hose handle and the frame on the press' latch door. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated and the same finger was fractured.

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