# Amputations at Dr. Praeger's Purely Sensible Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098915` · 9/27/2023 · ELMWOOD PARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Dr. Praeger's Purely Sensible Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Boumar Place, ELMWOOD PARK, NEW JERSEY, 07407
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a mixing machine when they sustained an amputation to their right ring finger behind the nail bed.

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