# Amputations at Framarx Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015096295` · 9/1/2015 · SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Framarx Corporation
- **Location:** 3224 Butler Street, SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 322215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to drill a hole in wax paper using a foot-operated paper drill machine. She placed a stack of paper in the machine using a block to hold the wax paper in place. When she pressed the foot pedal, the machine drilled the tip of her right index finger, causing an amputation-type injury.

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