# Amputations involving bone loss at Gourmet Specialty Foods
> OSHA SIR `2024043567` · 4/24/2024 · NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Gourmet Specialty Foods
- **Location:** 100 Willow Street, NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01845
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sealing food with a film sealing machine when it jammed. The employee suffered three finger amputations while trying to straighten the film.

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