# Amputations at LKQ Pick Your Part Midwest, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210919` · 12/16/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** LKQ Pick Your Part Midwest, LLC
- **Location:** 3130 South Saint Louis Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 423140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a catalytic converter with a shear machine. The shear cut the employee's fingers, causing partial amputations.

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