# Amputations involving bone loss at Jensen Food Co
> OSHA SIR `2024042952` · 4/3/2024 · BRIGHTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Jensen Food Co
- **Location:** 167 West Bromley Lane, BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80601
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing away soy flakes that were pouring out of the bottom of the trough of a soy flake auger when their right hand was struck by the auger. This resulted in a middle fingertip amputation to the distal knuckle.

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