# Amputations at Subramaniam Holdings, LP
> OSHA SIR `2019043512` · 4/4/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Subramaniam Holdings, LP
- **Location:** 415 East St. Elmo Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78745
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying the gears of a citrus machine. The gears caught a towel tucked into his pants, then pulled in his right index finger. The finger was crushed and was amputated up to the first knuckle.

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