# Amputations at Alpha Baking Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111618` · 11/10/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Baking Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 4545 West Lyndale Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the wheels on an oven infeed conveyor using a drill with a brush attachment when his hand slipped and his glove was caught in the wheels, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip.

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