# Amputations at 1-800 Flowers Retail Inc. dba The Popcorn Factory, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010727` · 10/17/2018 · LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** 1-800 Flowers Retail Inc. dba The Popcorn Factory, Inc.
- **Location:** 13970 W. Laurel Dr., LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, 60045
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the conveyor of a chocolate line when her right hand entered the exit port of the chocolate tank. The paddles of the agitator then rotated and amputated her right middle fingertip.

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