# Amputations at Village Farms, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2020098328` · 9/1/2020 · MARFA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Village Farms, L.P.
- **Location:** State Hwy 17 North, Marfa,TX 79843, MARFA, TEXAS, 79843
- **NAICS:** 111419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing the chain on a machine when the lubricating hose of the grease device became caught on the chain and sprocket, pulling the employee's right hand into the chain and sprocket. As a result, the employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

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