# Amputations at Hormel Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20180910036` · 9/28/2018 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormel Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 3000 Kennedy Drive, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mixer when she contacted the moving mixer blade, amputating four fingers on her left hand and requiring hospitalization. The mixer was guarded at the time of the incident.

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