# Amputations at Pullman Sugar
> OSHA SIR `2020043885` · 4/28/2020 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pullman Sugar
- **Location:** 101 E. Barbours Cut, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a clog in an auger-driven material transfer line when the employee's fingers were contacted by energized/moving parts. The middle and ring fingertips on the right hand were amputated.

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