# Amputations at Express Employment Professionals
> OSHA SIR `2019032873` · 3/19/2019 · HOOPESTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Express Employment Professionals
- **Location:** Teasdale Foods, HOOPESTON, ILLINOIS, 60942
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:30 p.m. on March 19, 2019, a temporary employee was operating a stacker machine. The magnet came up and pinched the employee's right middle finger against the product. The fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).

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