# Amputations at Evolutions Brands, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021594` · 2/18/2020 · LAKE DALLAS, 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:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Evolutions Brands, Inc
- **Location:** 200 Swisher Road, LAKE DALLAS, TEXAS, 75065
- **NAICS:** 316211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a leather machine to trim excess leather off a shoe when the machine became jammed. While the employee was trying to remove the leather, the machine gears struck the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation of the right index finger.

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