# Amputations at PARTYLITE WORLDWIDE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021620` · 2/22/2016 · BATAVIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PARTYLITE WORLDWIDE, LLC
- **Location:** 601 Kingsland Dr., BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, 60510
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 22, 2016, two employees turned off a jammed candle-making machine to service it. As the first employee was attempting to pull something out of the machine, the second employee turned it on, crushing the first employee's right-hand middle finger. His finger was surgically amputated.

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