# Amputations at Merrick Pet Care
> OSHA SIR `2021031963` · 3/4/2021 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Merrick Pet Care
- **Location:** 3275 Tierra Blanca Road, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging an auger and sustained the amputation of his left index fingertip.

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