# Amputations at Glanbia Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021403` · 2/15/2016 · RICHFIELD, IDAHO
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Glanbia Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1572 E Highway 26, RICHFIELD, IDAHO, 83349
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drying  the star valve with a paper towel when the machine turned on.  The valve rotated and sucked the towel and the employee's finger into the rotating equipment resulting in the amputation of the middle finger to the first knuckle.

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