# Amputations at SELECT BRANDS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098410` · 9/22/2022 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SELECT BRANDS LLC
- **Location:** 3638 W. DIVISION, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65804
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a line of food material. An air-actuated ball valve was actuated and amputated the employee's middle fingertip.

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