# Amputations at Florida Food Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044034` · 4/26/2018 · EUSTIS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Food Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2231 W CR 44, EUSTIS, FLORIDA, 32726
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a pulp screw conveyor drain cup when his hand contacted the moving screw auger, amputating his middle and ring fingers and his index fingertip.

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