# Amputations at Affiliated Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032655` · 3/21/2020 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Affiliated Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1401 West Farmers Ave, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79118
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While attempting to free a potato that was stuck in a conveyor, an employee's fingertips were nipped by moving parts of the conveyor. The middle fingertip on the employee's left hand was amputated.

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