# Amputations involving bone loss at Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20241211521` · 12/12/2024 · IOLA, KANSAS
## 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:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC.
- **Location:** 1995 Marshmallow Lane, IOLA, KANSAS, 66749
- **NAICS:** 311352
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a tempering machine to temper chocolate. The employee was clearing material from the pneumatic butterfly valve when their finger was crushed by the valve. The employee sustained an amputation of right middle finger to the first knuckle. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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