# Amputations at TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2021043252` · 4/19/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, LLC.
- **Location:** 7401 S. CICERO AVE., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60629
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a coupon from a machine. The machine's jaws closed on his right middle finger, amputating the fingertip.

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