# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Dot Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241111017` · 11/27/2024 · MOUNT STERLING, 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:** Fans, blowers wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Dot Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Dot Way, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an exhaust fan on the roof of the engine room. When the employee removed the lid to the exhaust fan, his hand slipped and contacted the belt inside the fan. The tip of his left ring finger was amputated.

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