# Amputations at Borden Dairy Company
> OSHA SIR `2017031983` · 3/2/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery-specialized
## Employer
- **Name:** Borden Dairy Company
- **Location:** 5327 South Lamar Street, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75215
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a cream truck. The employee was getting all of the liquid out of the line when his finger was sucked into the hose causing the valve to close and amputate the tip of the left index finger.

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