# Amputations at Frito Lay
> OSHA SIR `2015010706` · 1/22/2015 · KATHLEEN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito Lay
- **Location:** 1200 Highway 247 South, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA, 31047
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Site Safety Manager reported that this VPP Facility had an incident in which an employee was cut while adjusting a belt with an Allen wrench. This resulted in surgery and amputation of the employee's right index finger up to the first knuckle.

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