# Amputations at Sysco Guest Supply
> OSHA SIR `2017088110` · 8/23/2017 · SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco Guest Supply
- **Location:** 409 Kennedy Drive, SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY, 08871
- **NAICS:** 423850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting preventative maintenance on a mixer when the employee's left hand was caught in the belt and pulley resulting in an amputation injury. The mixer was not shut down or locked out at the time.

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