# Amputations at Philadelphia Pretzel Factory
> OSHA SIR `2020065203` · 6/4/2020 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Philadelphia Pretzel Factory
- **Location:** 7366 Frankford Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19136
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a dough auger when it caught the employee's right hand, amputating three fingers.

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