# Amputations at BEF Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098443` · 9/4/2020 · LIMA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BEF Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 651 Commerce Parkway, LIMA, OHIO, 45804
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 4, 2020, an employee was performing sanitation duties on a horizontal auger when their left arm became caught in the auger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left arm above the elbow.

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