# Amputations at Flowers Baking Co. of Bradenton, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010477` · 10/10/2018 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## 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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Co. of Bradenton, LLC
- **Location:** 6490 Parkland Dr, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34243
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the photo eye at the back side of a conveyor. His right hand was resting over the cover of the drive chain and sprocket when his left hand activated the eye. He leaned forward and his right index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket, causing a laceration that resulted in a surgical amputation to the first knuckle.

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