# Amputations at SCHWERTNER FARMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021075438` · 7/2/2021 · SCHWERTNER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** SCHWERTNER FARMS, INC.
- **Location:** 4651 E FM 487, SCHWERTNER, TEXAS, 76573
- **NAICS:** 112990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dropping cubes from the flatbed truck to feed cattle. As the employee was clearing out a cake, the hopper door came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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