# Amputations at AVA Pork Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087978` · 8/22/2020 · HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AVA Pork Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 383 West John St., HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK, 11801
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a box conveyor machine. He was cleaning the chain when the chain and sprocket caught his fingers. His right ring and little fingers were amputated.

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