# Amputations at Austin HLK,Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099816` · 9/19/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Street sweeping and cleaning machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin HLK,Inc.
- **Location:** 1512 Dungan Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78754
- **NAICS:** 488490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a separator cap on a back engine on a sweeping truck when the blades on the radiator fan amputated two of the employee's fingertips.

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