# Amputations at De Beukealer Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2018099663` · 9/18/2018 · MADISON, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** De Beukealer Corp.
- **Location:** 228 Industrial Drive north, MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, 39110
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic butterfly valve to mix flour and sugar when the flour stopped feeding from above. The employee was attempting to clear the flour when the pneumatic valve closed on the employee's right-hand fingers, resulting in a fingertip amputation and a right ring finger amputation.

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