# Amputations at Empire Packing Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2019021883` · 2/20/2019 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Packing Company, LP
- **Location:** 4780 Alliance Dr., MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were troubleshooting a slicer. Its timing belt had just been replaced when it pulled in an employee's latex-gloved right hand, resulting in an amputation of the middle fingertip.

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