# Amputations at Crete Core Ingredients
> OSHA SIR `2019010794` · 1/23/2019 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Crete Core Ingredients
- **Location:** 2220 County Road 1, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a block chopper. A frozen block of product was not feeding properly. While the employee was adjusting it with a meat hook, the chopper grabbed the hook and the employee's right little finger was pinched between the hook and the chopper's feed shoot. The fingertip was amputated.

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