# Amputations at Knouse Foods Cooperative Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109595` · 10/6/2017 · GARDNERS, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Knouse Foods Cooperative Inc.
- **Location:** 450 Gardners Station Road, GARDNERS, PENNSYLVANIA, 17324
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve a gasket that fell inside a pump housing when the pump amputated his left middle and ring fingers.

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