# Amputations at American Surfacing Materials, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019076833` · 7/8/2019 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Surfacing Materials, LLC
- **Location:** 2101 Baker Blvd, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76501
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were checking on a clogged dust collector at a baghouse unit outside a facility. After the bag had been removed, one of the employees tried to unclog the collector. The fan blades amputated the employee's right middle and index fingertips.

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