# Amputations at JTM Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021119738` · 11/10/2021 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** JTM Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 2126 East 33rd Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16510
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an auger blade on a conveyor when the auger pulled the employee's arm into the machine and caused a partial arm amputation. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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