# Amputations at LITEHOUSE INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015020735` · 2/24/2015 · SANDPOINT, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** LITEHOUSE INC.
- **Location:** 1109 N. Ella Ave., SANDPOINT, IDAHO, 83864
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a product filling machine and the machine was leaking onto on the containers.  The employee opened up the safety guard and tried to wipe down the heat jaws with a cloth when the jaws closed on his hand, amputating three fingers.

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