# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at RMH Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024075881` · 7/1/2024 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RMH Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 375 Erie Ave., MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 1, 2024, an employee was using a tool to unclog the chute of the dicer machine when the tool caught on one of the inside blades, causing the tool to jerk upward and pinch the employee's finger between the tool and the top of the chute. The employee sustained an amputation to their left index fingertip/fingernail.

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