# Amputations at Kronos Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022109468` · 10/28/2022 · GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Kronos Foods
- **Location:** One Kronos Drive, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60139
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor. While he was checking the tension on its chain, his left index and ring fingers were caught and crushed in the chain and sprocket. The employee suffered a broken left index finger and a ring fingertip amputation.

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