# Amputations at French's Mustard Plant
> OSHA SIR `2021098013` · 9/17/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Screwdrivers-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** French's Mustard Plant
- **Location:** 4455 East Mustard Way, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on an onion line when a screw driver they were holding got caught in the diverter, resulting in an injury and subsequent amputation.

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