# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at H-E-B Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024109824` · 10/22/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B Distribution Center
- **Location:** 4625 Windfern Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vacuum hose to clean resin residue out of a hopper. Three of his right hand fingers contacted the blades of the moving rotary lock, resulting in fingertip amputations.

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