# Amputations at Coca-Cola Bottling Company
> OSHA SIR `2015010482` · 1/15/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Coca-Cola Bottling Company
- **Location:** 6445 Lemmon Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75209
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee removed machine guards to check the bearings. The machine engaged and his finger was pinched between the ball gear and bearings. The finger was amputated below the finger nail first knuckle.

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