# Amputations at Resers Fine Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017109950` · 10/17/2017 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Resers Fine Foods
- **Location:** 3139 SE 10th street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cleaning scrub pad and water hose to clean a horizontal mixer when his right hand entered the mixer opening and was caught in the machine resulting in a finger amputation.

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