# Amputations at Fresh Mark Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074444` · 7/8/2015 · MASSILLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food slicers
- **Secondary source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fresh Mark Inc.
- **Location:** 1888 Southway St., MASSILLON, OHIO, 44646
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning the blade on a slicer, an employee's hand slipped and got caught on a heating element. The employee was unable to free his hand from the heating element before the blade rotated, amputating a finger.

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