# Amputations at Champion Laboratories, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022064977` · 6/9/2022 · ALBION, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Laboratories, Inc
- **Location:** 200 S 4th Street, ALBION, ILLINOIS, 62806
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 9, 2022, an employee was installing a timing belt on a glue/banding machine. The employee's right ring finger entered a nip point between the belt and the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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