# Avulsions, enucleations at East Balt Bakeries
> OSHA SIR `2017088115` · 8/23/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** East Balt Bakeries
- **Location:** 1801 W. 31st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60608
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a dough jam on a mixer when the gate caught the employee's hand, removing skin from two to three fingers. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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