# Amputations at WORLDS FINEST CHOCOLATE
> OSHA SIR `20191112131` · 11/22/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WORLDS FINEST CHOCOLATE
- **Location:** 4801 SOUTH LAWNDALE AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a piece of heavy equipment into a storage rack. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the equipment and the cradle, and a depositor valve severed the fingertip.

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