# Amputations at Tuscaloosa Organic Baking Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065979` · 6/29/2017 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** Tuscaloosa Organic Baking Co., LLC
- **Location:** 546 15th St., TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sheeter/molder machine with a towel when the towel and his left index finger were pulled into the machine, partially amputating his fingertip. The machine was energized at the time.

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