# Amputations at Winland Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110392` · 11/29/2022 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Winland Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 611 E Marceau, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63111
- **NAICS:** 311824
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had removed a screw plug on an airlock housing on a piece of equipment, and was trying to clear out clogged product, when the equipment struck his left index finger. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

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