# Amputations at El Rancho Supermarket
> OSHA SIR `2019077197` · 7/16/2019 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** El Rancho Supermarket
- **Location:** 2506 S Beltline Rd, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75052
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding lubrication to a tortilla machine when the machine caught her glove and amputated her right pinky fingertip. The machine was running at the time.

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