# Amputations at Plantation Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098795` · 9/16/2016 · NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Plantation Products LLC
- **Location:** 202 South Washington Street, NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02766
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a left middle finger amputation while clearing a jam at the seed wheel of the packet filling station. The machine was not shut off and locked out at the time.

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