# Amputations at Ragozzino Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110787` · 11/9/2017 · MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Ragozzino Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Ames Avenue, MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, 06451
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of dough from a press mixer when the employee's right hand contacted the rotating auger, amputating the right ring finger. The press mixer 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*