# Amputations at AER MANUFACTURING, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2021076029` · 7/22/2021 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** AER MANUFACTURING, L.P.
- **Location:** 2030 CHENAULT DRIVE, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 336310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new belt on the grinder machine. As he was manually rotating the pulley wheels to align the new belt, his right index finger was caught between the belt and one of the wheels resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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