# Amputations at Nestle USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211736` · 12/17/2016 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Nestle USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 3401 Mt. Prospect Rd., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually turning the gears to a slitter machine that had just been cleaned when his right middle and ring fingers were caught in the gears, pinching and amputating the fingertips.

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