# Amputations at Clover Plastics LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017077088` · 7/28/2017 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Clover Plastics LLC
- **Location:** 1145 Howard Drive, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's fingers were in the belt guard of a jammed and inoperable conveyor. Once the jam was cleared, the conveyor started to cycle and three fingers on the left hand were amputated.

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