# Amputations at Koch Foods
> OSHA SIR `2018088721` · 8/23/2018 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods
- **Location:** 501 Paden Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking boxes when his gloved right index finger was caught in the strapping belt, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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