# Amputations at Spring Glen Fresh Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043792` · 4/28/2017 · EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Spring Glen Fresh Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 314 Spring Glen Drive, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17522
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2017, an employee was mixing ingredients for soup when the mixer exit shoot became clogged. While loosening the clog, her glove became caught and she suffered a broken right middle finger and amputated right index fingertip.

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