# Amputations at Rose Acre Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042760` · 4/2/2016 · HAWK POINT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** Rose Acre Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 1035 Hwy D., HAWK POINT, MISSOURI, 63349
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying on her back while installing a chain on the sprocket of an egg packer. While she was jogging the machine, her towel became caught. When she attempted to grab the towel, her right middle fingertip was amputated.

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