# Amputations at Kent Precision Foods Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097868` · 9/13/2021 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kent Precision Foods Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Dalton Ln, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60490
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/13/2021, a temporary employee was placing finished goods on a conveyor belt. When the employee went to remove a jammed bag from the backend of the bag sealer machine, the tip of her left thumb was caught resulting in an amputation.

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