# Amputations at Freshpet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109602` · 10/17/2023 · ENNIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Freshpet, Inc.
- **Location:** 4800 Sterilite Drive, ENNIS, TEXAS, 75119
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making an adjustment on a case erector when it disengaged, causing a piston to move from the downward to the upward position. The piston pinched the tip of their left little finger, resulting in a fracture and an amputation.

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