# Amputations at Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212050` · 12/19/2017 · BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sanders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
- **Location:** 15 W 660 79th ST, BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 60527
- **NAICS:** 311352
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was de-burring a stainless steel plate with a belt sander, lost control of the plate and contacted the belt sander resulting in a thumb tip avulsion that was subsequently surgically removed.  There was no bone loss.

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