# Amputations at FRAMARX/WAXSTAR
> OSHA SIR `2020043444` · 4/15/2020 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** FRAMARX/WAXSTAR
- **Location:** 3224 BUTLER AVENUE, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 322221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dislodging a paper core that had fallen into a slitter rewinder machine. The employee's right index finger was caught by a belt driven pulley and sustained an amputation.

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