# Amputations at John F. Martin & Sons, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076947` · 7/11/2018 · WOMELSDORF, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** John F. Martin & Sons, LLC
- **Location:** 435 North 3rd Street, WOMELSDORF, PENNSYLVANIA, 19567
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding slabs of bacon into a slicer. While he was clearing bacon scraps from under the machine, the cutting blades amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

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