# Amputations at Duffy Box & Recycling, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015053777` · 5/17/2015 · MONTGOMERY CITY, 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:** Duffy Box & Recycling, Incorporated
- **Location:** 680 South Sturgeon Street, MONTGOMERY CITY, MISSOURI, 63361
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mixer in the sink while still plugged into an electrical outlet.  The mixer was turned on and the tip of her right index finger was severed when it was caught in the shaft.

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