# Amputations at Morton Industries LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010008` · 1/2/2023 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers, furniture, and fixtures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morton Industries LLC
- **Location:** 231 Detroit Ave, MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a part in a fixture and pinched his left index finger between the part and the fixture, resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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