# Amputations at OLE MEXICAN FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021075620` · 7/9/2021 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OLE MEXICAN FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 6585 CRESCENT DRIVE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a flour return valve that was reported as out of position. The employee connected and disconnected the pneumatic air hose to the piston. The piston's reciprocating movement restarted and it struck the tip of the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation.

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