# Amputations at Kraft Heinz Foods Company
> OSHA SIR `2016065217` · 6/13/2016 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kraft Heinz Foods Company
- **Location:** 1701 W. Bradley Avenue, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61821
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing out a dryer due to a buildup of pasta between the press and dryer when a coworker turned on the machine to blow the line free of pasta. The employee suffered amputations of the second, third, and fourth fingers below the knuckle, as well as a pinky finger amputation above the knuckle.

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