# Amputations involving bone loss at Rich Ice Cream Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024098283` · 9/6/2024 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Rich Ice Cream Co.
- **Location:** 2915 S. DIXIE HWY., WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33405
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a popsicle that was stuck inside the dry coating machine. The impeller blades struck his right hand and he sustained fractures and lacerations to four fingers, crushed bones in the palm of his hand, and a partial amputation of the middle finger above the last knuckle.

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