# Amputations at Pure's Food Specialties, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032625` · 3/12/2019 · BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pure's Food Specialties, LLC
- **Location:** 2929 S. 25th Ave., BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60155
- **NAICS:** 333294
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping an equipment operator remove the cover and dye roll on a rotary machine. The employee's hand slipped on a fixed roller and came into contact with a knife edge. Two fingertips on the employee's left hand were amputated.

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