# Amputations at Kerry Sweet Ingredients, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031002` · 3/5/2015 · NEW CENTURY, KANSAS
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kerry Sweet Ingredients, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 PRAIRIE VILLAGE DR., NEW CENTURY, KANSAS, 66031
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee sustained partial amputations of his right-hand index and middle fingers when his hand got caught in a nip point while operating a ball former.

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