# Amputations at Barry Callebaut USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098707` · 9/14/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Barry Callebaut USA, LLC
- **Location:** 4801 S. Lawndale Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a clogged airlock system that had rotating blades in the airlock. The employee's left index finger made contact with the rotating blade, amputating his fingertip between the top of the finger and the first knuckle/joint.

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