# Amputations at Ferrara Candy Company
> OSHA SIR `2019066110` · 6/18/2019 · BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferrara Candy Company
- **Location:** 3000 Washington Blvd, BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60104
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove empty film and jammed candy from the discharge end of a wrapper machine when his right index finger was cut by the machine's crimper blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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