# Amputations at Flowers Baking Company
> OSHA SIR `2019077141` · 7/15/2019 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Company
- **Location:** 8960 Marshall Dr., LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator was working near the sifter on the bun line. While troubleshooting the flour flow on the sifter, the operator sustained the amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips.

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