# Amputations at Brookshire Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065561` · 6/22/2023 · LUFKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookshire Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 2111 Spence St., LUFKIN, TEXAS, 75901
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wiping cake batter off the valve assembly area in the cake depositing machine when the machine actuated and amputated their right index fingertip.

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