# Amputations at LIFELINE FOODS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010268` · 1/11/2022 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LIFELINE FOODS, LLC
- **Location:** 2811 SOUTH 11TH ST, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64503
- **NAICS:** 325193
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on an aspirator. The employee's left hand was caught in an airlock on the machine, which amputated the employee's ring, middle, and index fingertips.

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