# Amputations involving bone loss at Mohawk Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109754` · 10/20/2024 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Mohawk Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 12001 Railroad, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79934
- **NAICS:** 327122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press when the timing belt came loose. The machine was turned off. As the employee began to adjust the belt, the pulley on the table moved and his right middle finger was caught between the belt and pulley and amputated.

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