# Amputations at Flowers Baking Co. of Villa Rica, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043223` · 4/12/2022 · VILLA RICA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Co. of Villa Rica, LLC
- **Location:** 134 Doyle McCain Dr., VILLA RICA, GEORGIA, 30180
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bread bagger when bread became jammed at the exit point of the bread slicer. The employee was pushing the jammed bread when the slicers amputated their left index fingertip.

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