# Amputations at FRITO-LAY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022064881` · 6/6/2022 · BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** FRITO-LAY, INC.
- **Location:** 10 Spud Lane, BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, 13904
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the blade on a cutter-mixer machine when the blade engaged while their right hand was inside the mixer. The employee suffered a laceration to their thumb and an amputation of their index finger.

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