# Amputations at McCourt & Sons Equipment Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010369` · 1/14/2016 · LA GRANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McCourt & Sons Equipment Inc.
- **Location:** 5141 HWY 71 WEST, LA GRANGE, TEXAS, 78945
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove mud from an idler roller on a conveyor when his right arm was caught in the drive pulley, amputating it. The conveyor was running at the time of the incident.

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