# Amputations at Big Creek Construction, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2020032324` · 3/11/2020 · CORSICANA, 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:** Road grading and surfacing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Creek Construction, Ltd
- **Location:** 425 FM 739, CORSICANA, TEXAS, 75109
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was accessing the vane feeder to clean it out. The employee removed the cover and proceeded to clean out the vane feeder with his right hand. The employee's right index finger was caught in the machine resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle. The machine was in operation at the time.

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