# Amputations at MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018077506` · 7/24/2018 · RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC.
- **Location:** 100 W COLEMAN STREET, RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN, 54868
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a carton sealing machine when a box lid got hung up on the advancer conveyor and jammed. The employee reached over to correct the jam, and the employee's finger contacted the conveyor or rollers. The pad of the employee's left middle finger was amputated.

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