# Amputations at Agri-Empresa LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076053` · 7/22/2021 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Agri-Empresa LLC
- **Location:** 6001 West Industrial, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was cutting IBC bags of barite into a metal hopper to unload product. The employee's left hand was on the edge of the hopper as a forklift approached with a bag. The employee's pinky finger was caught between the hopper and the bag resulting in a partial amputation.

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