# Amputations at Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054443` · 5/21/2022 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## 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:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3660 Pipestone Rd., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping troubleshoot a bagger machine. When he reached to set the gear to clear an error code, the gears energized causing an amputation to his left middle finger.

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