# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at McCain Foods USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211173` · 12/3/2024 · BURLEY, IDAHO
## 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:** Stacking machinery
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** McCain Foods USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 218 W HWY 30, BURLEY, IDAHO, 83318
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 3, 2024, at approximately 11:30 PM, electronic technicians were adjusting a tensioning chain on an elevator on a palletizer that had become unlevel. After loosening the tensioners and creating slack in the chain, the injured employee was placing the tensioning chain back onto the sprocket. While moving the chain it regained tension and their left middle fingertip was caught between the chain and the sprocket and was amputated.

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