# Amputations at Republic Foods
> OSHA SIR `2023087349` · 8/12/2023 · LONE JACK, MISSOURI
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Foods
- **Location:** 1921 NW US -50, LONE JACK, MISSOURI, 64070
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a saw on the fabrication floor when the blade got stuck. As he moved to fix the saw, the saw started resulting in the amputation of his right little finger at the middle knuckle.

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