# Amputations at Fishbelt Feeds, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032083` · 3/6/2017 · MOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fishbelt Feeds, Inc.
- **Location:** 33 Morehead Itta Bena Rd., MOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI, 38761
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a bin with catfish feed when the machine clogged. The employee tried to clear the clog and caught their left hand in the rollers resulting in amputation of four fingers. The guard was removed at the time.

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