# Amputations at Belmont Confections, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211772` · 12/19/2016 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Belmont Confections, Inc.
- **Location:** 1598 Motor Inn Dr., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44502
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating the protein mixer when the extruder stopped extruding. He began pulling out the protein when he contacted the mixer's metal blade, amputating his middle and ring fingers to the second knuckle and index finger to the first knuckle. The mixer was running at the time of the incident.

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