# Amputations at Webber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021188` · 2/1/2019 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Webber, LLC
- **Location:** 1700 E John Carpentar Fwy, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a paving machine. He was cleaning the grease on the sprocket using a rag wrapped around his finger. The sprocket was running at the time and caught his hand and amputated the left middle finger.

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