# Amputations at Alpha Baking Company
> OSHA SIR `2021108711` · 10/9/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Baking Company
- **Location:** 2334 N. Kilbourn Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a chain back onto a chain and sprocket mechanism when the glove on his right hand got caught in the mechanism, resulting in an amputation of the right index fingertip.

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