# Amputations at Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077738` · 7/29/2019 · DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
- **Location:** 230 SECOND STREET, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 29, 2019,at 10:30 a.m., an employee was preparing to add sugar product to a metering chute. He reached up into the metering chute to verify the equipment was off and his right middle finger was struck by a pneumatic slide gate. His finger was fractured and lacerated, resulting in a surgical fingertip amputation.

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