# Amputations at Mushroom Conveyors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054761` · 5/30/2023 · AVONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mushroom Conveyors, Inc.
- **Location:** 190 Ewart Rd., AVONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19311
- **NAICS:** 111411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that pulls compost along a wooden bed. As they went to clear something from the machine, their finger became caught between the rope and the drum cylinder, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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