# Amputations at PHELPS INDUSTRIES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015107521` · 10/8/2015 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PHELPS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- **Location:** 5213 26th Ave., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a "roto claw" meat processing machine when a meat hook fell into the machine. The employee reached into the machine to retrieve the hook which resulted in the amputation of the employee's right hand pinky finger and injuries to the employee's right hand ring finger.

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