# Amputations at Chef John Folse & Co
> OSHA SIR `2018021958` · 2/26/2018 · DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Chef John Folse & Co
- **Location:** 45270 Chef John Folse Bvld, DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70346
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a horizontal mixer, evacuating the kettle into a receiving hopper. He saw a piece of cheese at the end of the hopper and attempted to remove it. His hand then became lodged within the turning auger, and his middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle.

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