# Amputations at Best Diamond Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2019021669` · 2/14/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Diamond Plastics
- **Location:** 1401 E. 98th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60628
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that makes straws and amputated the right middle fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

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