# Amputations at American Blending and Filling Company
> OSHA SIR `2021065079` · 6/22/2021 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Blending and Filling Company
- **Location:** 1731 Lakeside Drive, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a filler machine when she noticed a jam and went to unclog it. The employee's right hand contacted the machine between the labeler guards/track and the machine dial, resulting in the amputation of skin on her middle fingertip.

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