# Amputations at ACME BRICK COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2017109439` · 10/1/2017 · SEALY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ACME BRICK COMPANY
- **Location:** 6005 PETERS SAN FELIPE RD, SEALY, TEXAS, 77474
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually rotating an extruder machine's flywheel to align the hole with a pin. The flywheel rolled, and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the extruder's belt and pulley, amputating it just behind the nail.

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