# Amputations at CANTEX INC.
> OSHA SIR `20231010032` · 10/31/2023 · MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** CANTEX INC.
- **Location:** 400 Lincoln Avenue, MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS, 76067
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a conveyor belt when her left middle finger got caught in the gearbox. The employee suffered an amputation.

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