# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Bridgford Food Processing of Texas, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2024065715` · 6/26/2024 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgford Food Processing of Texas, L.P.
- **Location:** 1601 South Good Latmer Expwy., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75226
- **NAICS:** 311822
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a mixer on the biscuit line when their hand became caught under the machine belt, resulting in fractures and an amputation of their middle fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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