# Amputations at Midland Commodities Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010288` · 1/9/2019 · BUFFALO PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Midland Commodities Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 18510 206th St West, BUFFALO PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS, 61237
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the patty machine and was wiping off excess meat when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger between the first and second distal joints.

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