# Amputations at KOCH FOODS OF GADSDEN
> OSHA SIR `2018065668` · 6/10/2018 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KOCH FOODS OF GADSDEN
- **Location:** 501 PADEN ROAD, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While hand-scrubbing the chute on a vacuum system, the employee's hand entered the vacuum pump chute and his finger was caught on angle iron. When he pulled his finger back, the fingertip was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*