# Amputations at Darling International Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108528` · 10/2/2021 · LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling International Inc.
- **Location:** 1208 E. Walnut St., LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68850
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a trough with a cleaning bar when an auger caught the cleaning bar and the bar pinned the employee's right ring finger against the guard, pinching it and resulting in a fingertip amputation. The auger was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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