# Amputations at Backer Marathon
> OSHA SIR `2021054283` · 5/26/2021 · DEL RIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Backer Marathon
- **Location:** 808 Hackberry Ln, DEL RIO, TEXAS, 78840
- **NAICS:** 423730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was crimping heaters, which were not staying in place. As she tried to fix them, a crimper crushed the tip of her finger, causing a fingertip amputation.

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