# Amputations at Agri-Empresa LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021874` · 2/28/2023 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Agri-Empresa LLC
- **Location:** 6001 West Industrial, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a bolt on a bagger. As he went to move electrical conduit out of his way to get closer to the bolt, his hand went into another bagger. His right middle finger was caught on the motor belt/pulley, resulting in partial amputation.

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