# Amputations at Wertheimer Box & Paper Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020109631` · 10/9/2020 · MC COOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wertheimer Box & Paper Corp.
- **Location:** 7950 Joliet Road, MC COOK, ILLINOIS, 60525
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator was examining the stacking section on the folder glue machine and the stop feed mechanism amputated his left middle fingertip.

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