# Amputations at CLEMENTS FOODS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019032526` · 3/8/2019 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** CLEMENTS FOODS COMPANY
- **Location:** 6601 N. Harvey Pl., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73116
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bottle descrambler. A bottle flew at him and as he tried to deflect the bottle away his right hand was caught in the machine resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip without bone loss.

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