# Amputations at The Jel Sert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022119989` · 11/14/2022 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Jel Sert Co.
- **Location:** 501 Conde Street, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a machine when the machine blades amputated her right middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time.

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