# Amputations at Keystone Food Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043976` · 4/18/2019 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Keystone Food Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 3767 Hecktown Road, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18045
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the masa process line with a high pressure water hose. As the employee removed masa dough from the machine, their left middle finger was caught in the rotating blades resulting in an amputation injury to the finger. The machine was energized at the time.

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