# Amputations at Mestex
> OSHA SIR `2020054746` · 5/21/2020 · 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mestex
- **Location:** 4830 Transport Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75247
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a fan assembly line when their thumb became caught in a fan and was amputated.

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