# Amputations at Koch Foods
> OSHA SIR `2021054007` · 5/16/2021 · FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods
- **Location:** 1080 River Oaks Drive, FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 39232
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying down equipment and removing some chicken fat on a shackle when their left index finger was caught in the equipment and amputated.

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