# Amputations at Caviness Beef Packers, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2022054037` · 5/9/2022 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers, LTD
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a cable on a sprocket on the door of a shipping dock when the door braces shifted and caused weight/tension to be put on the cable. His left hand was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a crush injury to the middle and ring fingers and amputation of the ring fingertip.

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