# Amputations at SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191010932` · 10/19/2019 · SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 105 ASHLAND AVENUE, SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01550
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a depositor spool valve when his right middle finger contacted the valve's rotating parts, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the first joint.

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