# Amputations at Midwest Poultry Services, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2022076702` · 7/31/2022 · LODA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Poultry Services, L.P.
- **Location:** 317 E 360 North Rd #2, LODA, ILLINOIS, 60948
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A brush component of an optic grader was running with a cover up for visual cleanliness inspection. An employee was cleaning an area in the brush component's drive system when the towel she was using got caught in the system's chain and sprocket. The towel wrapped her hand and pulled it into the chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation at the mid-forearm.

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