# Amputations at Klosterman Baking Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054721` · 5/29/2016 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Klosterman Baking Company
- **Location:** 1000 East Ross Avenue, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45217
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning gummed up bread crumbs out from under the conveyor with a compressed air wand resulting in the amputation of the right arm just below the elbow.

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