# Amputations at Ecowize North America
> OSHA SIR `2017043192` · 4/9/2017 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecowize North America
- **Location:** 750 S. Schmidt Road, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a skinner machine when part of the machine fell off and landed on his right index finger, partially amputating it.

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