# Amputations at Hernandez Remodeling
> OSHA SIR `2022098455` · 9/24/2022 · BLOSSOM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hernandez Remodeling
- **Location:** 1563 Farm Road, BLOSSOM, TEXAS, 75416
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torquing bolts inside a gear box at a solar farm. The solar tracking system engaged and a gear caught the employee's hand, amputating the ring fingertip.

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