# Amputations at Basic American Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088022` · 8/25/2016 · SHELLEY, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic American Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 434 S Emerson Avenue, SHELLEY, IDAHO, 83274
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a stuck pouch from a machine and their left hand was caught in the chain and sprocket assembly resulting in amputation of four fingers.

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