# Amputations at General Mills
> OSHA SIR `2023032469` · 3/19/2023 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Mills
- **Location:** 3007 Stephens Blvd, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a belt from a machine. The belt slipped and the employee's right little finger was caught between it and the pulley. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

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