# Amputations at Tokio Coop Gin
> OSHA SIR `20181212861` · 12/14/2018 · TOKIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Tokio Coop Gin
- **Location:** 1413 FM 1780, TOKIO, TEXAS, 79376
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pumping diesel at a fuel pump. The pump was not working due to a loose belt. The employee attempted to repair the loose belt and his right had was caught between the belt and pulley. When the belt engaged, the tip of his right thumb was amputated at the nail.

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