# Amputations at Gold Standard Baking Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213256` · 12/29/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gold Standard Baking Inc.
- **Location:** 3700 S. Kedzie Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 311811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 29, 2018, two employees were moving a drum with a forklift. One employee's hand was caught between the drum and the forks of the forklift, causing an amputation of the right middle finger.

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