# Amputations at Flowers Baking Company of Tyler, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021135` · 2/3/2018 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Company of Tyler, LLC
- **Location:** 1200 West Erwin Street, TYLER, TEXAS, 75702
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing dough from a dough hopper when the employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the plastic auger. While pulling the hand back, the employee suffered an amputation to the right middle finger nailbed.

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