# Amputations at Gruma Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016087928` · 8/23/2016 · PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gruma Corporation
- **Location:** 225 JOHN B. BROOKS RD, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA, 30567
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While packaging tacos on the taco line, an employee's right ring finger was partially amputated.

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