# Amputations at Norkol Converting Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020087848` · 8/19/2020 · NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Norkol Converting Corporation
- **Location:** 11650 W. Grand Avenue, NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS, 60164
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was rolling up product with a co-worker when a roller pulled his gloved left hand forward. The weight of the roller smashed his fingers resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger and a fracture to the middle finger.

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