# Amputations at The Jel Sert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023021123` · 2/3/2023 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Jel Sert Co.
- **Location:** 501 Conde Street, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding film into a pouch-filling machine while the machine was jogging and the employee's right index finger contacted the cutting blade, 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*