# Amputations at Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054779` · 5/16/2018 · BLOOMFIELD, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
- **Location:** 1414 Blue Hills Avenue, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06002
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 16, 2018, an employee was cutting a piece of stainless steel on a shear in the maintenance shop when two of his left-hand fingertips were caught in the shear point. One finger lost a fingernail and some flesh, while the second lost flesh.

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