# Amputations at KOCH FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2020109401` · 10/3/2020 · ASHLAND, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KOCH FOODS
- **Location:** 515 TYSON ROAD, ASHLAND, ALABAMA, 36251
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the box machine when his left hand was caught between two gears in the machine resulting in amputation of the third and fourth digits.

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