# Amputations at Ardent Mills
> OSHA SIR `2022054594` · 5/26/2022 · POCONO SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ardent Mills
- **Location:** 258 Harvest Lane, POCONO SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA, 18346
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was powering down a second break roller mill, which is used to grind wheat into flour. The employee's fingers became caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip to the third knuckle and fractures to the index and ring fingertips.

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