# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at DFA Dairy Brands, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087178` · 8/6/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Hoppers  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** DFA Dairy Brands, LLC
- **Location:** 126 Barber Ct., BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reassembling a de-energized piece of equipment after cleaning it. She was pushing the fill hopper back into place on the equipment when her right ring finger became pinched between the hopper and the bump stop guide on the equipment, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

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