# Amputations at Kellogg's Company
> OSHA SIR `2016099040` · 9/23/2016 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kellogg's Company
- **Location:** 2050 State Rd, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 311230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam the slide gate on a conveyor when the slide gate contacted and amputated his left middle fingertip. The device was not 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*