# Amputations at La Flor of Illinois, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112104` · 11/27/2018 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** La Flor of Illinois, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Territorial Dr., BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking to see how a cutoff switch worked when the machine's paddle mechanism amputated the tip of his right index finger.

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