# Amputations at Kraft Heinz Foods Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010119` · 1/5/2023 · FREMONT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Product labeling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kraft Heinz Foods Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1200 North Fifth St., FREMONT, OHIO, 43420
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 5, 2023, an employee was operating a ketchup bottle labeling machine that used a roller system to pump glue onto the labels. Their left hand was crushed in the labeler machine, resulting in a ring finger amputation.

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