# Amputations at Crest Foods Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053864` · 5/11/2021 · ASHTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Crest Foods Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 502 Brown Ave, ASHTON, ILLINOIS, 61006
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 11, 2021, an employee was using a hammer to adjust a slipping agitator belt on the filler head of a machine. The employee's right middle finger was pulled between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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