# Amputations at Birchwood Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017098815` · 9/14/2017 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-roller
## Employer
- **Name:** Birchwood Foods
- **Location:** 1821 Dividend Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 14, 2017, an employee was loading a 70-pound box of meat onto a non-powered conveyor line when the employee's left pinky finger was smashed and fractured between the box and the conveyor, requiring surgical amputation.

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