# Amputations at Frito-Lay North America
> OSHA SIR `20181212724` · 12/11/2018 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito-Lay North America
- **Location:** 1626 Old Mansfield Rd, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a rare earth magnet during maintenance activity in the corn processing operation. The magnet was placed on a table that attracted the magnet and his finger was caught between it and the table causing a partial amputation.

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