# Amputations at Koch Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054196` · 5/13/2022 · MORTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 410 Koch Drive, MORTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39117
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing a wet breader applicator. He attempted to remove something from inside the pipe of a pump and the end of his left index finger was amputated.

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