# Amputations at Hamiltime Herb Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065712` · 6/21/2017 · HOWELL, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Hamiltime Herb Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1761 Route 9 North, HOWELL, NEW JERSEY, 07731
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning blended material out of the bottom of a blending machine and was wiping the interior bottom drain when the machine blades amputated the employee's fingers. The machine was running at the time.

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