# Amputations at Koch Foods
> OSHA SIR `2015074695` · 7/15/2015 · FOREST, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods
- **Location:** 921 South Main Street, FOREST, MISSISSIPPI, 39074
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two maintenance employees were checking a belt on a CVP (Cold Vacuum Pack) machine and removed a guard to observe the belt slipping. An employee's finger was caught when the machine started automatically resulting in a soft tissue amputation of the third finger on his right hand.

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