# Amputations at Kellogg Company
> OSHA SIR `2016098346` · 9/4/2016 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kellogg Company
- **Location:** 1550 Marvin Griffin Rd., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of his right thumb fingertip while verifying the gap of a compressed air valve (80 psi).

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