# Amputations at Lattimore Materials
> OSHA SIR `2019066457` · 6/26/2019 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Lattimore Materials
- **Location:** 11411 Spring Cypress, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77377
- **NAICS:** 32739
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was removing a conveyor belt. The employee performed lockout/tagout and removed the guard from the V belts and pulley on the side of the head pulley. The employee then began to manually move the V belts over the pulley. His left pinky and ring finger were caught  between the V belt and pulley resulting in amputation of the top 1/4 of the employee's left pinky finger.

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