# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at KEEBLER COMPANY INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025054273` · 5/7/2025 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** KEEBLER COMPANY INC.
- **Location:** 801 Sunshine Rd., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance work on an stainless steel auger feeder (flexible screw conveyor) in the seasoning room. The lower end of the feeder came loose from the hopper. The employee lifted the auger to position it when the auger feed initiated and energized the auger. His hands were pulled into the auger, resulting in hospitalization with a partial amputation of the right thumb.

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