# Amputations at Hostess Brands, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210813` · 12/13/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hostess Brands, LLC
- **Location:** 2035 N. Narragansett, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a machine that pumps icing on products. Upon retrieving a part that fell into the machine, the spinning pump/motor amputated the employee's left ring fingertip.

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