# Amputations at Emmaus Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021551` · 2/20/2021 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Emmaus Foods LLC
- **Location:** 661 Railroad Ave, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35951
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on top of a grading platform, replacing a faulty spring on a shaker. As the employee knocked on a bolt to get to the spring, the shaker dislodged and fell. It amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger.

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