# Amputations at Mission Foods
> OSHA SIR `2020010609` · 1/20/2020 · MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pliers, tongs
## Employer
- **Name:** Mission Foods
- **Location:** 15 Elmwood Drive, MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18707
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tried to clean a roller with a metal tong when the employee's right hand was caught between the roller and the tong, causing an amputation to the index finger.

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