# Amputations at Conagra Brands, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043904` · 4/28/2020 · CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Conagra Brands, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 W. Calumet, CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, 62801
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2020, a temporary employee was operating the brownie mix sifter in the layer packaging department. The sifter became clogged with the brownie mix product at the sifter beat screw housing. The employee's left hand fingers were caught in the rotating auger while unclogging the sifter severing the fingertips.

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