# Amputations at Quaker Oats
> OSHA SIR `2019021989` · 2/22/2019 · BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Quaker Oats
- **Location:** 7700 W. 71st. Street, BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60455
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the belt on the infeed conveyor of a palletizer. The belt began to move and pulled the employee's right middle finger into the running palletizer resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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