# Amputations at US Agricultural Marketing Service
> OSHA SIR `2021109354` · 10/30/2021 · LAMESA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shredders
## Employer
- **Name:** US Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Location:** 906 N Elgin Ave, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shredder. The vacuum on the shredder sucked the employee's finger into the blades, which amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger.

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