# Amputations at R1 Sanitation Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022054102` · 5/11/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** R1 Sanitation Solutions
- **Location:** Nature Best Pre-cut and Produce, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77085
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cutter machine with water. When she opened the blade cover, the machine's blade cut her index, middle and ring fingers. She suffered amputations to the index and ring fingers. The machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.

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