# Amputations at Rise Baking Company
> OSHA SIR `2022119779` · 11/7/2022 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rise Baking Company
- **Location:** 3701 CONCORD ROAD, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
- **NAICS:** 311813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in servicing a batter depositor machine as a maintenance technician worked on the control panel. The employee's hand was caught in the rotary valve as the machine cycled. The employee suffered a laceration to the middle finger through the bone, which resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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