# Amputations at Vanee Foods Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043539` · 4/20/2023 · BERKELEY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Vanee Foods Company
- **Location:** 5418 MCDERMOTT DRIVE, BERKELEY, ILLINOIS, 60163
- **NAICS:** 311422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was moving a portable electric fan when his right index finger contacted the spinning, stainless steel blades, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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