# Amputations at Koch Foods
> OSHA SIR `2019099548` · 9/12/2019 · MORTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods
- **Location:** 108 Morris Tullos, MORTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39117
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a deboning saw to debone a poultry thigh when the employee's left index finger contacted the rotating saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the extreme end of the left index finger. Protective gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

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