# Amputations at Zoroco Packing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054634` · 5/22/2017 · CALDWELL, IDAHO
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Zoroco Packing Inc.
- **Location:** 14702 Karcher Rd., CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83607
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a melt stick former that cuts butter into sticks. She was attempting to remove a piece of paper that was stuck to the filler (blade) when the blade partially amputated her right middle finger below the nail and cut her right index finger.

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