# Amputations at Marathon Cheese Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015074726` · 7/16/2015 · BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Marathon Cheese Corporation
- **Location:** 500 East Parker Drive, BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38829
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a powder hopper while standing on a platform ladder. He slipped, and his right hand went into the hopper to the bottom auger, which was about 12 inches from the top of the hopper. He sustained a right index fingertip amputation.

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