# Amputations at El Rancho
> OSHA SIR `2020077047` · 7/26/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** El Rancho
- **Location:** 6160 Hwy 6 N, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77084
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing dough in a tortilla machine line. The chain and sprocket conveyor inside the tortilla machine caught her left hand, causing an amputation to the left index finger.

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