# Amputations involving bone loss at A & A Coating Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021197` · 2/8/2024 · LONE STAR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** A & A Coating Inc.
- **Location:** 3679 FM 250, LONE STAR, TEXAS, 75668
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to remove grease from a conveyor wheel. The employee's hand was caught between the wheel and a gas pipe being moved by the conveyor, and the employee suffered a right arm amputation.

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