# Amputations at STX Beef Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032173` · 3/9/2023 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** STX Beef Company, LLC
- **Location:** 9001 Leopard Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78409
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an automated shank saw and was removing fat caught in the wheelhouse and small conveyor. The employee opened the wheelhouse assembly and went to remove the fat using a knife when the knife was caught. The employee's hand was pulled in and she sustained an amputation to the end of her right index finger.

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