# Amputations at Artco-Bell Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023109590` · 10/17/2023 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Artco-Bell Corporation
- **Location:** 1302 Industrial Blvd, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 17, 2023, at 4:20 p.m., an employee and two co-workers were repairing a bearing located on the belt of a dust collector. The employee was manually rotating the belts to investigate the bearings when his left ring and middle fingers were caught between the belts and a pulley. The employee suffered amputations to both fingertips.

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