# Amputations at Texas Twist Pretzels, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017109651` · 10/8/2017 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Twist Pretzels, Inc
- **Location:** 2305 Beltline Road, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of dough from a machine when the employee's right index finger was caught and amputated between the machine's blade and conveyor belt.

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