# Amputations at Resers Fine Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017088343` · 8/30/2017 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Resers Fine Foods Inc
- **Location:** 3167 SE 10th St, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been rinsing out the mixer and his left thumb went into the mixing area resulting in amputation above the top knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time.

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