# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Beyond Meat
> OSHA SIR `2024043274` · 4/15/2024 · DEVAULT, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Beyond Meat
- **Location:** 1 Devault Ln., DEVAULT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19432
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a discharge chute when the tip of his right index finger contacted the chute, resulting in an amputation. The chute was guarded at the time of the incident.

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