# Amputations at Bremner Food Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031343` · 3/20/2015 · SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Bremner Food Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1450 Pate Plaza Dr., SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was instructing another employee on how to conduct a moisture test by placing baked cookies coming out of the oven (on a conveyor belt) on top of the fan's guard enclosure. A series of three to four fans are attached to the belt to blow down on the cookies (cooling) as they come out of the oven. These fans could be located 6 to 12 inches above the conveyor belt. The oven operators can't see the fans but are able to reach and make physical contact with them. The injured employee took a moisture reading by removing the cookie from the conveyor belt and placing it on top of the fan's guard for cooling. The employee's right-hand middle finger came in contact with rotating fan blades, amputating her fingertip to the knuckle. A spatula that was available for removing cookies from the pan was not used, and the fan guard was broken at the time of the incident.

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