# Amputations at RESERS FINE FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2019010138` · 1/4/2019 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** RESERS FINE FOODS
- **Location:** 3728 SE 6th, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing containers off of a machine's conveyor belt. Her right hand was on the containers that were accumulated on the belt when her right pinky finger was caught between the machine's product lane straightener mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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