# Amputations at Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043819` · 4/25/2020 · WALDEN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc.
- **Location:** 65 Crist Lane, WALDEN, NEW YORK, 12586
- **NAICS:** 111331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning apple packing equipment when the employee's right thumb and fingers were caught in the machinery, resulting in an amputation of the right thumb tip and fractured fingers.

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