# Amputations at Natural Food Works Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021714` · 2/22/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Natural Food Works Group LLC
- **Location:** 4220 Carson St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a food packaging machine when it jammed with packaging material. When the employee went to clear the machine, her right middle finger was pinched and partially amputated by the heat sealing jaws. The machine was guarded at the time.

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