# Amputations at BLOMMER CHOCOLATE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016010406` · 1/17/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BLOMMER CHOCOLATE COMPANY
- **Location:** 600 W. KINZIE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60610
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated the tip of his right hand ring finger while clearing a jam in the black cocoa line.

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