# Amputations at Astrochef, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088277` · 8/13/2018 · ROCKWALL, TEXAS
## 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:** Astrochef, Inc.
- **Location:** 1635 Innovation Drive, ROCKWALL, TEXAS, 75032
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a mixing room assistant and was reaching for material coming out of a 600-liter mixer when the employee's finger was caught and amputated in the blade of the mixer.

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