# Amputations at Garden of Light, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043102` · 4/5/2017 · EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Garden of Light, Inc.
- **Location:** 127 Park Avenue, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06108
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming product from a machine when the equipment started and the employee's left hand was caught in the auger resulting in amputation of three fingers. The auger guard was not in place at the time.

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