# Amputations at Scott's Miracle Grow Company
> OSHA SIR `2020032086` · 3/4/2020 · VANCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Scott's Miracle Grow Company
- **Location:** 10638 Mt. Moriah Road, VANCE, ALABAMA, 35490
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bagging machine. The employee stopped the bagger and was inspecting the side sealer when the sealer cycled. The knife came down and amputated his right middle fingertip.

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