# Amputations at Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021109` · 2/6/2022 · DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
- **Location:** 421 Boot Road, DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19335
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the layer cake department at the second stage icing machine. The employee went to remove a defective cake from the line when her finger was caught in the carousel conveyor and amputated.

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