# Amputations at Superior Foods Companies
> OSHA SIR `2016099227` · 9/12/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Foods Companies
- **Location:** 4231 PROFIT ST. STE C, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a work platform clearing a product line when he slipped and got his hand caught in a metering valve resulting in the amputation of a finger and thumb.

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