# Amputations at Ferrara Candy Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111684` · 11/10/2019 · ITASCA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferrara Candy Company
- **Location:** 1445 Norwood Ave., ITASCA, ILLINOIS, 60143
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 1:30 p.m. on November 10, 2019, an employee was working near a confectionery-making machine's reject conveyor. The conveyor caught and lacerated the employee's little finger, and the fingertip was amputated.

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