# Amputations at TreeHouse Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017032041` · 3/5/2017 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** TreeHouse Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 2060 Old Philadelphia Pike, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17602
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring flour into a vat. The bucket slipped from the employee's hand and fell into the vat. The employee tried to pull the bucket out of the vat and suffered a left ring fingertip amputation when the finger was caught between the lip of the vat and the bucket.

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