# Amputations at DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015053021` · 5/19/2015 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 4500 LIPAN ST., DENVER, COLORADO, 80211
- **NAICS:** 311822
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a quality assurance inspection of can-line valves.  While inspecting the double head tail filters, she placed her finger in the fill nozzle. The valve energized, closed on her right middle finger, and pinched off her fingertip.

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