# Amputations at Brookshires Grocery Company
> OSHA SIR `2015129172` · 12/4/2015 · TYLER, 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookshires Grocery Company
- **Location:** 13157 US Highway 271 North, TYLER, TEXAS, 75708
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the pipes on the ice cream machine when his right index finger was amputated by the pipe's metal paddle. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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