# Amputations at CREST FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018010355` · 1/11/2018 · ASHTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CREST FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 502 BROWN AVE., ASHTON, ILLINOIS, 61006
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping product into an auger hopper when his right hand entered the spinning auger and was pulled in and amputated.

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