# Amputations at El Paso Prepared Foods
> OSHA SIR `20161211865` · 12/22/2016 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso Prepared Foods
- **Location:** 1101 Pendale, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79907
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 22, 2016, at approximately 7:30 AM, the employee was lubricating a moving conveyor when her finger got caught in the conveyor resulting in a partial amputation.

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