# Amputations at GONNELLA BAKING CO.
> OSHA SIR `20201211863` · 12/19/2020 · AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** GONNELLA BAKING CO.
- **Location:** 2435 Church Road, AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60502
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 10:37 p.m. on December 19, 2020, an employee was greasing a drive train for the conveyor. The employee used a rag to remove excess grease and the rag got caught in the sprocket, pulling the employee's ring and middle fingers into the sprocket and causing an amputation injury.

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