Finger is severed at an LDS cannery

LINDON — A volunteer at the LDS cannery in Lindon got his finger amputated Friday while canning baked beans.

Lindon Police Chief Cody Cullimore said the man, age unknown, was working at the wet pack cannery at the Welfare Services Center at 940 W. Center in Lindon when his finger got caught in a piece of machinery and was sliced off.

Those with the man called police around 10:45 a.m. to request medical assistance because the man was bleeding profusely, Cullimore said.

Crews arrived and transported the man and his finger to a nearby hospital, where it was hoped the finger could be reattached.

"It's a big canning operation," Cullimore said. "There's a lot of machinery, things on rollers, it (would be) pretty easy to get your finger caught on something."

— Sara Israelsen-Hartley