# Amputations at Primrose Candy Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019065905` · 6/11/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Primrose Candy Co.
- **Location:** 4111 W. Parker Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to retrieve stuck candy from a wrapping machine when the lid came down on the tip of her left ring finger, amputating it.

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