# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at H-E-B, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2024098356` · 9/9/2024 · CORPUS CHRISTI, 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  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B, L.P.
- **Location:** 101 McCampbell Road, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78408
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a conveyor belt when the hand tool they were using to clear the jam was pulled into the machine and passed the metal guard. The  employee's left middle finger contacted the fixed, grated guard, resulting in a partial amputation. The machine was energized at the time.

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