# Amputations at Rose Packing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065288` · 6/7/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Rose Packing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 4900 S. Major Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a napkin to wipe away dirt on a macerator machine. The employee's left hand was pulled into the machine, and its knives amputated two of the employee's fingers.

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