# Amputations at Sugar Creek Packing Company
> OSHA SIR `2020043448` · 4/15/2020 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sugar Creek Packing Company
- **Location:** 4249 Beerman Ave, DAYTON, OHIO, 45417
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting tension on a conveyor and aligning it at the bacon microwave for the morning startup. While he was steadying himself, his left thumb was caught in an ingoing nip point, resulting in a thumb tip amputation and left thumb fracture.

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