# Amputations at The Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `20171212072` · 12/20/2017 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** The Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania
- **Location:** 60 S. River St., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 813319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a food processor when the blades jammed. As he cleared the jam, the food processor restarted and the blades caught his right middle finger, fracturing it and causing an amputation injury.

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