# Amputations at Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043093` · 4/13/2021 · ELMWOOD PARK, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Boumar Place, ELMWOOD PARK, NEW JERSEY, 07407
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a jam in a machine when the machine caught her glove and pulled in her hand, resulting in amputation of the left middle finger.

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