# Amputations at Knouse Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054662` · 5/25/2023 · PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Knouse Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Peach Glen-Idaville Rd., PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17375
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to unjam a metal basket that was being used in an apple cooking process. When the basket was unjammed, it struck his left middle finger, knocking it against a steam injection cooker. The fingertip was broken and partially amputated.

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