# Amputations at Bimbo Bakeries USA
> OSHA SIR `2019032237` · 3/1/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bimbo Bakeries USA
- **Location:** 6650 N. Houston Rosslyne Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77091
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance on a machine. The machine was turned on, causing the amputation of two of the employee's fingertips in a belt and pulley.

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