# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Atkinson Candy Company
> OSHA SIR `20241110737` · 11/18/2024 · LUFKIN, TEXAS
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Atkinson Candy Company
- **Location:** 1608 Frank Avenue, LUFKIN, TEXAS, 75915
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sizer machine with an air hose and washcloth. The washcloth got pulled into machine rollers along with her left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required surgical reattachment.

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