# Amputations at Pinnacle Foods
> OSHA SIR `20161211399` · 12/6/2016 · CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Pinnacle Foods
- **Location:** 100 Calumet, CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, 62801
- **NAICS:** 311824
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unclog a transfer auger and had removed three to four bolts from the housing. The employee was scraping the product with the left hand when the left middle finger was caught in a pinch point between the auger and casing, amputating half of the finger. The auger was turning at the time of the incident.

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