# Amputations at Bilco Brick
> OSHA SIR `20231211364` · 12/13/2023 · LANCASTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bilco Brick
- **Location:** 2116 North Lancaster Hutchins Road, LANCASTER, TEXAS, 75134
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing the maintenance team clear a pallet that was jammed in the pallet indexer of a brick machine. After the jam was cleared, the equipment activated and the employee's right middle finger got caught between a chain and sprocket and was amputated.

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