# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at General Mills Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010580` · 1/19/2024 · WELLSTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Special process machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Mills Inc.
- **Location:** 2403 South Pennsylvania Avenue, WELLSTON, OHIO, 45692
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a piece of equipment. The employee slipped and grabbed onto a tube on the line that contained a running auger, resulting in amputation of the employee's first three right-hand fingertips.

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