# Amputations at Muenster Milling Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098315` · 9/27/2021 · MUENSTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sewing, stitching machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Muenster Milling Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 202 S. Main PO. Box 585, MUENSTER, TEXAS, 76252
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were troubleshooting the bag sewing machine. While checking the tension on the belt, the pulley amputated an employee's right index finger at the first knuckle when the machine started.

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