# Amputations at UNITED FRUIT & PRODUCE
> OSHA SIR `20181011122` · 10/29/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED FRUIT & PRODUCE
- **Location:** 55 Produce Row, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63102
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine and suffered the partial amputation of two fingers. The blade was unguarded 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*