# Amputations at Korex Chicago, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021405` · 2/16/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Korex Chicago, LLC
- **Location:** 6200 W. 51st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove caps from the belt of a capping machine. The employee's finger was caught between the belt and roller on the assembly line, resulting in an amputation of the right pinky fingertip.

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