# Amputations at Ruiz Foods Product, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010385` · 10/30/2017 · DENISON, 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruiz Foods Product, Inc.
- **Location:** 2410 Texoma Dr., DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the scrap return machine blades. The mechanism cycled and the blade amputated the middle fingertip.

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