# Amputations at Dart Container Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111861` · 11/14/2019 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dart Container Company
- **Location:** 850 Solon Road, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring the transfer of raw material via a temporary feed pipe. The pipe slipped; the employee's left little finger struck against the feed auger and was lacerated. The finger was medically amputated above the second knuckle.

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