# Amputations at Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010034` · 1/3/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Michael Angelo Way, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hosing down a conveyor belt during a product changeover when their left hand got caught between the conveyor belt and its guard, resulting in a ring fingertip amputation just below the nail.

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