# Amputations involving bone loss at Central Market
> OSHA SIR `2024065561` · 6/22/2024 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Augers  except conveyor
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Market
- **Location:** 4651 West Freeway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76107
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 22, 2024, an employee was attempting to clear a jam inside a pasta machine. While they were trying to move the dough through the auger, the auger shifted and the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the auger and the side of the machine. The finger was medically amputated.

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