# Amputations at Norpaco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098550` · 9/5/2017 · MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Norpaco, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 Bysiewicz Drive, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06457
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping the floor around an olive pitting machine when her hand entered the auger chute, which then amputated her pinky finger and lacerated her middle/ring fingers.

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