# Amputations at JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20211210976` · 12/21/2021 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
- **Location:** 1703 N RANDALL RD, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a machine when the product in it became jammed. The employee had just cleared the jam when the machine cycle activated, crushing the employee's right middle and ring fingers and causing amputations to both fingertips.

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