# Amputations at American Blanching Company
> OSHA SIR `2022076178` · 7/15/2022 · FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Blanching Company
- **Location:** 155 Rip Wiley Road, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, 31750
- **NAICS:** 311911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left hand was caught by the butterfly valve inside a bulk line sugar feeder. The machine amputated his index, middle, and ring fingertips at the first knuckle.

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