# Amputations at Caviness Beef Packers, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2022098235` · 9/17/2022 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers, LTD
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a gearbox. His left hand was caught by moving parts inside the box, and the tips of his ring and little fingers were amputated.

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