# Amputations at Flowers Baking Company of Opelika
> OSHA SIR `2016054702` · 5/27/2016 · OPELIKA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Company of Opelika
- **Location:** 101 Simmons Street, OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36801
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning around the dough machine when the employee's gloved hand became caught in the auger, amputating the left and ring fingertips.

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