# Amputations at Benjamin Moore & Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054098` · 5/1/2020 · MESQUITE, 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:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Benjamin Moore & Company
- **Location:** 700 W Kearny, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75149
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing out a paint filling machine. The filler head's automated valve closed on his left middle fingertip. About an inch of the finger was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*