# Amputations at Golden West Plastering Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043274` · 4/5/2018 · SPRING, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Golden West Plastering Company
- **Location:** 4800 Riley Fuzzel Road, SPRING, TEXAS, 77386
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding mortar to a mixer when he noticed some build-up inside the mixer. He was attempting to clean the build-up when the mixer's rotating blade caught his gloved left hand, amputating his index finger and damaging his middle finger (possible amputation).

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