# Amputations at Papillion Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022064921` · 6/8/2022 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Papillion Foods LLC
- **Location:** 10808 South 132nd Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68138
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal paddle to scrape the side of a hopper. The paddle was pulled into the hopper and the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the handle of the paddle and the guarding bars. The fingertip was degloved and the injury required surgical amputation to the fingertip.

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