# Amputations at EL MILAGRO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043636` · 4/16/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EL MILAGRO, INC.
- **Location:** 3120 W 36th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 311830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and sanitizing a machine when the employee's fingers were caught between the wall of the shaft and the blade as the machine cycled. Several fingers on the employee's right hand were amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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