# Amputations at Gilster Mary Lee Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016064951` · 6/6/2016 · CHESTER, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gilster Mary Lee Corporation
- **Location:** 1037 State Street, CHESTER, ILLINOIS, 62233
- **NAICS:** 311823
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 6, 2016, at 1 p.m., an employee was lining up pasta to thread it through the holes of the pasta press machine when his hand contacted the rotating knives in the machine, amputating his left index fingertip.

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