# Amputations at Kronos Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096569` · 9/9/2015 · GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kronos Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** One Kronos Drive, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60139
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to adjust the air pressure on the UBE machine while working on the packaging line. The employee's finger got caught in a chain and sprocket that was attached to the machine, amputating the right index fingertip.

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