# Amputations at Lucerne Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109348` · 10/4/2016 · FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lucerne Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 40 Easton Line Road, FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE, 04742
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to fix the gusset of a bag on a bagging machine when the machine closed on his fingers, amputating his right middle fingertip and lacerating his right index fingertip. The guard was in place at the time.

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