# Amputations at Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211844` · 12/21/2016 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 W. Chapin, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78541
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was mixing dough when he noticed dough stuck on a rod at an adjacent machine. He was attempting to clear out the dough when a moving part pinched and amputated his right ring fingertip between the part and the rod.

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