# Amputations at Brinker International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109661` · 10/10/2020 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Dishwashers
## Employer
- **Name:** Brinker International, Inc.
- **Location:** 501 West Expressway 83, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78503
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the dish area when the dish washing machine stopped working. He opened the  machine to investigate and the track caught his right middle finger at the mid-point of the nailbed and partially amputated it.

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