# Amputations at LOUISA FOOD PRODUCTS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021032288` · 3/17/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LOUISA FOOD PRODUCTS INC.
- **Location:** 1918 Switzer Ave., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63136
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking to add more dough to a machine when an auger in the machine amputated his right middle finger.

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