# Amputations at Baxter Healthcare Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021086542` · 8/4/2021 · ROUND LAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- **Location:** 25212 W. IL Route 120, ROUND LAKE, ILLINOIS, 60073
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jammed machine. The machine activated and the employee's left index fingertip was caught in its cutting knives compartment. The fingertip was amputated.

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