# Amputations at Peco Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021626` · 2/19/2020 · CANTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 180 Commercial Parkway, CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39046
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove jammed material from a bagger machine when the employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a finger tip amputation. The machine guard door was open at the time of the incident.

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