# Amputations at Baldor Specialty Foods*
> OSHA SIR `2018021951` · 2/26/2018 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Baldor Specialty Foods*
- **Location:** 155 Food Center Drive, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10475
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove food that was stuck in a scallion machine when her left hand contacted the blade, amputating her pointer, middle, index, and pinky fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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