# Amputations at SENECA FOODS CORP
> OSHA SIR `2020098575` · 9/9/2020 · CLYMAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SENECA FOODS CORP
- **Location:** 640 CAUGHLIN ROAD, CLYMAN, WISCONSIN, 53016
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a canning line to package sliced beets. While checking to see if any food was stuck from sanitation, the employee's index finger contacted the rotating metal vanes of the rotary valve resulting in amputation.

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