# Amputations at Creative Werks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210618` · 12/10/2021 · BENSENVILLE, 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:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Creative Werks, LLC
- **Location:** 222 Sievert Court, BENSENVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60106
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 9, 2021, a temporary employee was trying to clear candy residue from the top sealer of a horizontal bagger machine using a paper towel. The machine cycled and the employee's fingers were pinched between two steel heated bars that came together to seal a bag, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

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