# Amputations at Aviagen, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110157` · 11/24/2021 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Aviagen, Inc.
- **Location:** 990 Goodwin Rd, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35951
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a drain plug underneath a macerator machine. The drain plug slipped from the employee's hand, and the employee's middle finger went into the drain hole and contacted the spinning auger blade. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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