# Amputations at Corbion/Caravan Ingredients Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020032880` · 3/30/2020 · TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Corbion/Caravan Ingredients Inc
- **Location:** 100 Adams Drive, TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY, 07512
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning batter from the interior housing of a mixer. Moving parts in the housing caught the employee's right hand, causing the partial amputation of the index fingertip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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