# Amputations at Frito-Lay Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021097893` · 9/13/2021 · KATHLEEN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists-electric powered
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito-Lay Inc
- **Location:** 1200 Ga Hwy 247 S, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA, 31047
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a hopper into an extruder using an electric hoist. His left middle and index fingers were caught between the hopper and the extruder, resulting in amputations to the fingertips.

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