# Amputations at Kraft Heinz Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032780` · 3/28/2023 · COSHOCTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Kraft Heinz Company
- **Location:** 1660 South Second St., COSHOCTON, OHIO, 43812
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 28, 2023, an employee was working as an arranger on a meat production line, removing bacon from the conveyor belt and arranging it on a table for packaging. The employee was taking bacon off the belt when their left middle finger was pinched in an opening between the transition plate and the conveyor belt, resulting in an amputation just above the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

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