# Amputations at Mizkan America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064964` · 6/17/2021 · LAKE ALFRED, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Mizkan America, Inc.
- **Location:** 445 N. Dakota Ave., LAKE ALFRED, FLORIDA, 33850
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished cleaning a gear box leak. As he turned the machine back on, the chain grabbed a napkin in his right hand and pulled his index finger into the chain and sprocket. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

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