# Amputations at Crest Food Company
> OSHA SIR `2016032129` · 3/10/2016 · ASHTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Crest Food Company
- **Location:** 200 Brown St, ASHTON, ILLINOIS, 61006
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reassembling a bagger head when a metal piece came too close to a metal detector and caused the machine to deactivate. The deactivation caused a valve to close on the employee's left thumb, partially amputating it.

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