# Amputations at Next Level Nutraceuticals
> OSHA SIR `2023076082` · 7/10/2023 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Next Level Nutraceuticals
- **Location:** 2121 E Stanford St, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79601
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was teaching others how to use a vertical form-fill seal machine that puts powder into a bag when his left hand was caught on the sealing area of the machine as it clamped. His middle finger was crushed and amputated.

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