# Amputations at Bay Valley Foods
> OSHA SIR `2016021669` · 2/23/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Bay Valley Foods
- **Location:** 1080 Bay Valley Foods, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a stacker machine, an employee attempted to remove a fallen product container that was blocking a sensor that controlled the conveyor. When the fallen container was removed, the conveyor began to move. The employee was wearing cut resistant gloves, and the glove on her right hand was caught by the chain and sprocket of the chain conveyor. She right-hand middle finger was partially amputated and required surgery.

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