# Amputations at FLORIDA CRYSTALS FOOD CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016064896` · 6/3/2016 · SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** FLORIDA CRYSTALS FOOD CORPORATION
- **Location:** 8501 US Highway 27, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA, 33493
- **NAICS:** 111930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a bag filling machine when the machine's blade amputated his right middle fingertip.

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