# Amputations at NISSIN FOODS, INCORPORATED USA
> OSHA SIR `2016010155` · 1/7/2016 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** NISSIN FOODS, INCORPORATED USA
- **Location:** 2901 Hempland Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 311823
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While attempting to clean a caser machine at Nissin Foods, an employee's thumb got caught in the conveyor drive chain and sprocket. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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