# Amputations involving bone loss at King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211647` · 12/17/2024 · FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc.
- **Location:** 5420 Aloha Way, FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA, 30542
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lubricating the chain of the incline conveyor of a tape machine when their right thumb became caught in the chain. The employee sustained an amputation of the thumb at the first knuckle.

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