# Amputations at GC INGREDIENTS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2022087742` · 8/31/2022 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GC INGREDIENTS, INC
- **Location:** 3401 ATLANTA INDUSTRIAL PKWY NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30331
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 31, 2022, an employee was dipping a cup into a mixer to take a sample. A mixer blade struck the cup, and a hook on the cup's handle hit the employee's right ring finger. The finger was partially amputated.

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