# Amputations at Anthony-Thomas Candy Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210764` · 12/12/2022 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Anthony-Thomas Candy Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1777 Arlingate Lane, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching down to clean off a chain on the fourth-stage molding line when the chain caught his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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