# Amputations at Brinkerhoff Inspection
> OSHA SIR `2019032604` · 3/11/2019 · ANTON, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Brinkerhoff Inspection
- **Location:** 33 50' 55.18"N, ANTON, TEXAS, 79313
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a pressure washer motor belt's tightness when the motor energized, catching the employee's right index finger in the belt and pulley. The employee's right index finger was amputated.

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