# Amputations at MOMENCE PACKING COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201010176` · 10/26/2020 · MOMENCE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MOMENCE PACKING COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 334 WEST NORTH STREET, MOMENCE, ILLINOIS, 60954
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was squatting to remove a roll from the labeling machine and fell backward. The employee attempted to break her fall by grabbing the base of the machine and contacted the spindle of the machine resulting in amputation of her left index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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