# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Kemps, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021393` · 2/14/2024 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Kemps, LLC
- **Location:** 1126 Kilburn Avenue, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61101
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 14, 2024, at 9:00 p.m., an employee was cleaning an agitator machine with a water hose. The employee dropped the hose into the agitator. They were retrieving the hose when their right hand was struck by a moving part, resulting in partial amputation of their index finger.

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