# Amputations at SNF Holding Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043896` · 4/29/2017 · RICEBORO, GEORGIA
## 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:** Other special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SNF Holding Company
- **Location:** 1 Chemical Plant Road, RICEBORO, GEORGIA, 31323
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear clogged material from a silo's inspection port when the rotary valve flights caught and amputated the fleshy pad of his left index finger.

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