# Amputations at The Jel Sert Co.
> OSHA SIR `20171110888` · 11/13/2017 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** The Jel Sert Co.
- **Location:** 501 Conde Street, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a box and lifting it to prevent it from stacking incorrectly on a palletizer. As he lifted the box, his right ring finger touched the palletizer's moving conveyor belt and suffered an amputation.

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