# Amputations at Gold Creek Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021151` · 2/4/2020 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gold Creek Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 2255 White Sulphur Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running the breading machine. He looked into the product entry opening and saw breading had clotted up inside. He was attempting to remove the clot when his right hand contacted a conveyor belt flap inside the machine, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

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