# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at BK USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098760` · 9/19/2024 · TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** BK USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Twin Creeks Drive, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA, 36078
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of paper from a machine and amputated their right index fingertip. The machine was guarded and in operation 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*