# Amputations at LIFELINE FOODS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022119963` · 11/12/2022 · SAINT JOSEPH, 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:** LIFELINE FOODS, LLC
- **Location:** 2811 SOUTH 11TH ST, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64503
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam from a process line when his right middle fingertip was amputated by the airlock. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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