# Amputations at Carando Gourmet Frozen Foods Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017087332` · 8/2/2017 · AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Carando Gourmet Frozen Foods Corp
- **Location:** 175 Main Street, AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01001
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 2, 2017, an employee was clearing meat from a meat grinder when the blade amputated a fingertip.

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