# Amputations at North American Widway Entertainment
> OSHA SIR `2015052934` · 5/17/2015 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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:** North American Widway Entertainment
- **Location:** 18 South County Center Way, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
- **NAICS:** 713110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee severed the right-hand index fingertip while cleaning a mixer used for batter at a food concession. The mixer was still plugged into an electrical outlet and was turned on at the time of the incident. The fingertip was severed when it got caught in the shaft.

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