# Amputations at Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098585` · 9/11/2016 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Potato Roll Lane, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a blockage in a dry mix unloading machine. As he was removing a flexible coupling, his finger was lacerated by a rotary air lock fin. He suffered a partial amputation of the right-hand middle finger above the first joint.

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