# Amputations at Premio Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016109388` · 10/5/2016 · HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Premio Foods Inc
- **Location:** 50 Utter Ave, HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY, 07506
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packaging meat products and attempted to dislodge a package caught in the conveyor. The chain-driven conveyor belt then amputated the employee's fingertip.

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