# Amputations at Fieldbrook Foods, Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2016054510` · 5/23/2016 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fieldbrook Foods, Corp.
- **Location:** One Ice Cream Drive, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the Greer #3 machine and caught his right hand between the rake arm and the machine frame. The employee's right hand was crushed resulting in the amputation of the index finger.

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