# Amputations at The J.M. Smucker Company
> OSHA SIR `2022076025` · 7/11/2022 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** The J.M. Smucker Company
- **Location:** 2200 N.W. Brickyard Road, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating equipment on the sealer dry packaging line when the conveyor grabbed his gloved hand and pulled it inside the entrance to the sealer. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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