# Amputations at DFA Dairy Brands Ice Cream, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109952` · 10/27/2023 · BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** DFA Dairy Brands Ice Cream, LLC
- **Location:** 630 Meadow St., BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS, 61008
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a chain on a stacking equipment machine for an ice cream filler. The interlock door in the machine closed, re-energizing the machine. Three of the employee's left hand fingertips were amputated.

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