# Amputations at B&G Foods North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043012` · 4/10/2021 · STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN
## 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:** B&G Foods North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 430 Industrial Circle, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN, 53589
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished cleaning a ribbon mixer and was lifting himself up when a rotating mixer blade amputated his right index finger below the second knuckle.

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