# Amputations at BLOMMER CHOCOLATE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018010940` · 1/29/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** BLOMMER CHOCOLATE COMPANY
- **Location:** 600 W. KINZIE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60610
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an area when the employee's fingertip was caught and amputated between two product safety magnets.

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