# Amputations at Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054547` · 5/18/2017 · MC COMB, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** 312 Rader Rd., MC COMB, OHIO, 45858
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 18, 2017, an employee was monitoring the flow of dough at a mixer. The employee was attempting to remove accumulated dough when the mixer's chopper mechanism partially amputated the employee's left ring finger.  The mixer was guarded at the time.

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