# Amputations at Shearer's Foods Lubbock, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076003` · 7/6/2023 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shearer's Foods Lubbock, LLC
- **Location:** 3203 Avenue B, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing corn meal into the auger of an extruder when their right index finger was amputated above the first knuckle.

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