# Amputations at HOME RUN INN FROZEN FOODS INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181112336` · 11/28/2018 · WOODRIDGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** HOME RUN INN FROZEN FOODS INC.
- **Location:** 1300 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY, WOODRIDGE, ILLINOIS, 60517
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 28, 2018, at 9:40 a.m., an employee was removing some meat bins from the meat grinder. As he was removing a meat bin, he was holding the top of the meat mixer cover open. The cover accidentally closed on his finger, injuring the middle finger on his left hand. The injury resulted in a surgical amputation of his left middle fingertip.

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