# Amputations at RAVAGO AMERICAS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021662` · 2/23/2021 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** RAVAGO AMERICAS LLC
- **Location:** 5005 E Highway 332, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a palletizer when their right hand became caught in moving parts of the machinery. The employee suffered a laceration that required surgery, which resulted in a partial amputation.

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