# Amputations at Arte Sano LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111479` · 11/7/2018 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Arte Sano LLC
- **Location:** 6110 Trade Center Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean the paddles on a machine. The machine caught the rag, pulling the employee's hand in; the employee's left middle finger became wedged against the hopper wall and the blade on the rotating conveyor. The finger was amputated up to the second knuckle, and the employee was hospitalized.

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