# Amputations at Southern Classic Food Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087878` · 8/16/2017 · BRUNDIDGE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Classic Food Group, LLC
- **Location:** 1000 Magnolia Blvd., BRUNDIDGE, ALABAMA, 36010
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a plastic jam in a tamper bander when the cutter activated and amputated the employee's right index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

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