# Amputations at HOMESTEAD BAKING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2017010515` · 1/17/2017 · EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HOMESTEAD BAKING COMPANY
- **Location:** 145 NORTH BROADWAY, EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02916
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a set screw inside a dough divider machine when the machine activated and amputated his fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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