# Amputations at The Gifting Company - PA
> OSHA SIR `2023098547` · 9/15/2023 · EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Gifting Company - PA
- **Location:** 515 North Reading Road, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17522
- **NAICS:** 445292
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing thickened chocolate from the dispensing port of the melting tank when their right index finger contacted the agitator and was amputated up to first knuckle.

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