# Amputations involving bone loss at Niagara Bottling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010130` · 1/6/2025 · PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Niagara Bottling, LLC
- **Location:** 43137 Louisiana 445, PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA, 70454
- **NAICS:** 312112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a piece of tape from the tape dispenser when their hand contacted the cutting implement on the dispenser. The employee suffered the amputation of their right index finger.

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