# Amputations at Azteca Milling, Lp
> OSHA SIR `20181212405` · 12/3/2018 · PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Azteca Milling, Lp
- **Location:** 1388 Co Rd U, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 79072
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing screens at a sifter when his left middle finger was caught in the press plate of the sifter resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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