# Amputations at Hill's Pet Nutrition, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021087220` · 8/24/2021 · EMPORIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hill's Pet Nutrition, INC.
- **Location:** 400 S Weaver Rd, EMPORIA, KANSAS, 66801
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a vent hose from a rotary valve. The employee's left index finger was caught in the equipment, which amputated the fingertip at the top knuckle.

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