# Amputations at Snyder's-Lance, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015097008` · 9/23/2015 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Snyder's-Lance, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 8th St, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31901
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a stencil machine when his finger got caught in the flow valve. The valve closed on his finger and amputated his left fingertip.

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