# Amputations at MCC Chicago DOJ
> OSHA SIR `2019089041` · 8/30/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MCC Chicago DOJ
- **Location:** 71 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60605
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 10:40 a.m. on August 30, 2019, a cook foreman was peeling potatoes with an electrical vegetable chopper. The chopper partially amputated the employee's right thumb.

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