# Amputations at UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018099394` · 9/11/2018 · AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC.
- **Location:** 301 E. SULLIVAN RD., AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60505
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust stacked carriers that had been bumped by a forklift when his left middle finger was pinched between two carriers, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the first knuckle.

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