# Amputations at Mickey's Linen and Towel Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010632` · 10/10/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Mickey's Linen and Towel Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 4501 W. Addison Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60641
- **NAICS:** 812331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was oiling the chain on a running small stacker machine. He had a rag in his right hand and an oil can in his left hand when the rag was caught in the chain and sprocket. His right middle fingertip was then amputated by the chain.

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