# Amputations at Cotechno Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021363` · 2/6/2019 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Weaving machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cotechno Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1942 IH 35 South Unit 107, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was modifying a weaving machine to run a new type of fiberglass product. A bolt dropped before the machine's guards had been replaced; as the employee was retrieving it, his right hand was caught in the belt and pulley system and his right middle fingertip was amputated.

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