# Amputations at Oatka Milk Products Cooperative, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010181` · 10/2/2018 · BATAVIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Oatka Milk Products Cooperative, Inc
- **Location:** 4815 Ellicott Street Road, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a can filling line lid infeed. The lid feed actuator tripped and the feed mechanism started, amputating the tip/side of his right thumb. The guard had been removed at the time of the incident.

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