# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hughes Tank Company
> OSHA SIR `2024087495` · 8/15/2024 · VENUS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hughes Tank Company
- **Location:** 2900 Farm to Market Road 157, VENUS, TEXAS, 76084
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine when their right hand got caught in a conveyor belt, causing an amputation to their index finger.

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