# Amputations at NESTLE PURINA PETCARE
> OSHA SIR `2017087389` · 8/3/2017 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NESTLE PURINA PETCARE
- **Location:** 3800 MIDDLE ROAD, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a product sample from an extruder machine when the employee's right index finger was caught and amputated in the moving auger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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