# Amputations at Kent Precision Food Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098074` · 9/1/2023 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Kent Precision Food Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1409 HWY 45 South, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning inside a machine using a rag. The rag was caught in a sprocket and their hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.

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