# Amputations at Caviness Beef Packers
> OSHA SIR `2022076670` · 7/29/2022 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers
- **Location:** 3255 W. Highway 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lining up holes to place a bolt on an auger. His finger was caught between the auger drive shaft and the auger screw resulting in an amputation injury.

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