# Amputations at AMERI-MILLS
> OSHA SIR `2016088010` · 8/25/2016 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERI-MILLS
- **Location:** 6521 Memorial Highway, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free a jam in an auger and amputated his middle and ring fingers.

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