# Amputations at Little Caesars Pizza
> OSHA SIR `2018043221` · 4/4/2018 · FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Little Caesars Pizza
- **Location:** 1200 Fairmont Ave, FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26554
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 4, 2018, at approximately 8:30 p.m., an employee was cleaning a pizza dough sheeter machine's rollers when his right pinky finger was caught in the rollers, resulting in a medical amputation at the first knuckle. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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