# Amputations at Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099775` · 9/20/2018 · FAIRFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Cooking and eating utensils, except knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc.
- **Location:** 6880 Fairfield Business Center Dr., FAIRFIELD, OHIO, 45014
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/20/2018, an employee was using a spatula to break up clumps of sugar in a commercial mixer when the mixing blades grabbed the spatula, pulling the employee's hand into the blades and resulting in an amputation of the left index fingertip. The mixer was running at the time of the incident.

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