# Amputations at Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065366` · 6/2/2018 · HOULTON, MAINE
## 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:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** 48 Morningstar Road, HOULTON, MAINE, 04730
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a rotary star valve when the valve actuated and amputated the employee's left thumb.

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