# Amputations involving bone loss at Buckhead Meat & Seafood of Houston, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010024` · 1/2/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Buckhead Meat & Seafood of Houston, Inc.
- **Location:** 10310 Greens Crossing Boulevard, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77038
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a broken link in the chain of a packing machine when the machine was turned on. The employee's right index finger became caught in the motor gear and chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the first joint.

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