# Amputations at Taylor Farms Illinois, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010831` · 10/19/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Taylor Farms Illinois, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 N. Artesian, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60612
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mixer machine and was attempting to scrub the paddle inside the machine when the paddle cut half of his finger, resulting in an amputation.

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