# Amputations at Bauman Orchards Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109311` · 10/9/2023 · RITTMAN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bauman Orchards Inc
- **Location:** 161 Rittman Avenue, RITTMAN, OHIO, 44270
- **NAICS:** 111331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on apple sorting equipment when his fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket as the machine started up.

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