# Amputations at Prairie Creek Grain Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019055147` · 5/21/2019 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Creek Grain Co.
- **Location:** 29400 S. Rt. 53, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was visually checking a conveyor system located outside. The employee slipped and fell and amputated their right index fingertip.

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