# Amputations at Birds Eye Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171111094` · 11/18/2017 · DARIEN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Birds Eye Foods LLC
- **Location:** W8880 County Rd X, DARIEN, WISCONSIN, 53114
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a drive chain on a tote fill conveyor when the conveyor started. His left middle and ring fingertips were then caught and amputated between the conveyor's chain and sprocket. The chain and sprocket were unguarded at the time of the incident.

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