# Amputations at Regal Beloit America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054537` · 5/3/2019 · MCALLEN, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Regal Beloit America, Inc.
- **Location:** 6801 South Bentsen Road, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78503
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the rotor die casting machine and amputated the medial phalange of his right pinky finger in the V block drawer.

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