# Amputations at Texas Material Group
> OSHA SIR `2022065343` · 6/20/2022 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Material Group
- **Location:** 11250 IH-10, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the belt on a concrete hopper. The employee attempted to relieve the pressure on the belt and pulley during the changeout when their right index finger got pinched by the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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