# Amputations at Brakebush
> OSHA SIR `2015010491` · 1/15/2015 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Brakebush
- **Location:** 2230 E. Union Bower Rd., IRVING, TEXAS, 75061
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Following flashlight failure during a pre-op inspection, employee was pointing to sanitation and contacted the belt with the right index finger, avulsing the fingertip and fracturing the bone. Employee was transported to the hospital where the fingertip and bone were amputated.

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