# Amputations at Martel Bakery Mix, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098403` · 9/22/2022 · CALEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Martel Bakery Mix, LLC
- **Location:** 4136 Martel Road, CALEDONIA, OHIO, 43314
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 22, 2022, an employee was operating a packing machine when their glove was caught in a belt and pulley and pulled into the small opening of the heat sealer. The employee's left thumb was fractured and the tuft was amputated.

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