# Amputations at Bickel's Snack Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015041966` · 4/13/2015 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Bickel's Snack Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1120 Zinn's Quarry Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17405
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor system with his hand inside the cover to pull the belt. Another employee pushed a button to jog the conveyor. Three of the injured employee's fingers were pulled into the in-running nip point. His little finger was surgically amputated.

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