# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at ACME Brick Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010239` · 1/10/2024 · ELGIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Hoppers  except confined space
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ACME Brick Company
- **Location:** 1776 Old McDade Road, ELGIN, TEXAS, 78621
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a small hopper into a larger hopper. When they pulled the return latch to return the small hopper to its original position, the employee's finger was caught between the hopper and the latch, resulting in an amputation to the distal phalanx.

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