# Amputations at Baldwin Richardson Foods
> OSHA SIR `20191011303` · 10/29/2019 · MACEDON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Baldwin Richardson Foods
- **Location:** 3268 Blue Herron View, MACEDON, NEW YORK, 14502
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling two industrial magnets. The magnets attracted each other while in the worker's hands, came together, and amputated his left thumb tip.

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