# Amputations at State Line JJ's, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042905` · 4/6/2016 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** State Line JJ's, Inc.
- **Location:** 3416 S. Alpine Road, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about April 6, 2016, an employee was cleaning a food slicer when her right ring fingertip contacted the spinning blade and was amputated. The slicer was unguarded and running at the time of the incident.

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