# Amputations at THE BRUSS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181010655` · 10/16/2018 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** THE BRUSS COMPANY
- **Location:** 5441 West 5th Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a meat grinder machine when his right index finger slipped into the faceplate hole and was struck by the screw drive mixing blade, resulting in an amputation of the first finger digit.

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