# Amputations at Daltile
> OSHA SIR `20231110100` · 11/1/2023 · EL PASO, 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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Daltile
- **Location:** 12001 Railroad Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79934
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to switch a full hopper with an empty one on a scrap conveyor. He noticed an overfilled hopper and began to remove tiles from it. His right hand was caught in the belt of the conveyor, and he suffered an amputation to the ring finger at the first joint.

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