# Amputations at Henningsen Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015021376` · 2/12/2015 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Henningsen Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 402 N. 3rd Street, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68702
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was pumping emulsified turkey meat up a tube to a dryer unit. The system became clogged. When he disconnected the tube from the pump, he found the tube clear and stuck his finger in the opening to the pump, which was still running, resulting in an amputation.

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