# Amputations at The J.M. Smucker Company
> OSHA SIR `2018065900` · 6/15/2018 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The J.M. Smucker Company
- **Location:** 2200 N.W. Brickyard Road, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a pallet off a loading station in a distribution center when the chain that creates movement on the line popped into motion and amputated his left index finger at the first knuckle behind the nail. Lockout/tagout procedures were not performed at the time of the incident.

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