# Amputations at Santa Sweets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053955` · 5/9/2016 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Santa Sweets, Inc.
- **Location:** 4006 Airport Rd., PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33566
- **NAICS:** 424480
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a platform for cleaning. The chain that connects the platform to the conveyor belt that feeds tomatoes into the wash sink broke causing the platform to fall and sever his right thumb in multiple locations.

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