# Amputations at Primrose Candy Company
> OSHA SIR `2016053760` · 5/4/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Primrose Candy Company
- **Location:** 4111 W. Parker Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 4, 2016, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee sustained an amputation injury to the left hand index finger when the employee reached into the candy wrapping machine to clear out a loose piece of plastic wrap.

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