# Amputations at Export Packaging Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032165` · 3/10/2022 · MILAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Export Packaging Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 525 10th Avenue E, MILAN, ILLINOIS, 61264
- **NAICS:** 488991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a battery yoke lifting device in the battery charging area. The device's adjustor grooves pinched the employee's left middle finger, resulting in amputation of the finger.

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