# Amputations at B&G Foods North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010580` · 1/17/2019 · STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Broiling and frying equipment and appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** B&G Foods North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 430 Industrial Circle, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN, 53589
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 17, 2019, an employee was cleaning a fryer machine and sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb after it became caught in a chain and sprocket. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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