# Amputations at Birds Eye Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181011200` · 10/30/2018 · DARIEN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Birds Eye Foods LLC
- **Location:** W8880 County Rd X, DARIEN, WISCONSIN, 53114
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a plate on a sauce chip tunnel machine when the plate moved (indexed), resulting in an amputation to the tip of the employee's right little finger. The machine 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*