# Amputations at Knouse Foods Co-op., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077157` · 7/16/2018 · PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Knouse Foods Co-op., Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Peach Glen-Idaville Rd., PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17375
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the front of a meat grinder that crushes cherries when the employee's index finger was caught in the running blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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