# Amputations at Visual Pak Companies dba American Blending & Filling
> OSHA SIR `2022021209` · 2/8/2022 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Visual Pak Companies dba American Blending & Filling
- **Location:** 3505 Birchwood Drive, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust the weights on a production line when her right index finger got stuck between two moving parts, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was in operation at the time.

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