# Amputations at Batter Up Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021065131` · 6/23/2021 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Batter Up Foods LLC
- **Location:** 5601 Bucknell Dr SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an air valve. A plunger inside the valve actuated and amputated the tip of the employee's right index finger.

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