# Amputations at Altman's Specialty Plants, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210891` · 12/18/2021 · NEW SUMMERFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Altman's Specialty Plants, LLC
- **Location:** 360 FM 235, NEW SUMMERFIELD, TEXAS, 75780
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving pots from one conveyor belt to another over a gap created by a return auger. The employee's sweater became entangled within the  horizontal auger conveyor and pulled her left hand and arm into the machine. Her arm was amputated above the elbow.

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