# Amputations at Mid South Baking Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023086994` · 8/2/2023 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid South Baking Company, LLC
- **Location:** 600 Phil Gramm Blvd., BRYAN, TEXAS, 77807
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were performing maintenance on a mixer. They removed a plate to allow them to work on the machine, which exposed a dough buildup. The injured employee noticed the dough and went to remove it when the moving shaft partially amputated his right index finger.

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