# Amputations at Flextronics America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022076525` · 7/25/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flextronics America, LLC
- **Location:** 12455 RESEARCH BOULEVARD, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759
- **NAICS:** 334418
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 12:30 a.m. on July 25, 2022, an employee was performing preventative maintenance on one of the conveyor motors on a manufacturing line. The employee was trying to determine belt tension when the tip of their right index finger was caught between the gear and the belt of the conveyor motor. The fingertip was amputated.

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