# Amputations at Flowers Baking Co Of Texarkana, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076226` · 7/16/2022 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Co Of Texarkana, Inc.
- **Location:** 7 Jim Walter Drive, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 311811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the drive belt on a deenergized cooling tower. While moving the belt manually, the employee's little finger became pinched between the belt and a motor pulley. The employee sustained amputation to the finger.

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