# Amputations at Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019010755` · 1/22/2019 · FORT WORTH, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LLC
- **Location:** 7590 Sand Street, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76118
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After operating a liquid pharmaceutical machine to make a batch, an employee began to disassemble the machine for cleaning. The employee placed a towel in the machine, which sucked in the towel and the employee's left hand. The employee sustained a partial left index fingertip amputation. The machine was not turned off and was not locked/tagged out 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*