# Amputations involving bone loss at CiboVita Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087240` · 8/7/2024 · TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** CiboVita Inc.
- **Location:** 25 Madison rd, TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY, 07512
- **NAICS:** 424450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mixing machine with an air hose. Blades in the machine amputated two fingers on his right hand. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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