# Amputations at KOCH MEAT CO., INC. dba Koch Foods
> OSHA SIR `2021021781` · 2/26/2021 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** KOCH MEAT CO., INC. dba Koch Foods
- **Location:** 2153 Rose Street, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove jammed packing plastic from a machine. The machine's cutting knives activated and amputated the tip of the employee's left middle finger.

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