# Amputations at Kerry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087692` · 8/17/2016 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(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:** Kerry Inc.
- **Location:** 3141 North West Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 311230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching into a flour hopper when his left hand became pinched in a pneumatic gate and was amputated.

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