# Amputations at Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111016` · 11/16/2017 · MARS HILL, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 115 Presque Isle Road, MARS HILL, MAINE, 04758
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to dislodge a piece of poly from a bag sealing machine when the machine's jaws closed on his hand, amputating his left middle fingertip.

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