# Amputations at Amylu Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065252` · 6/14/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amylu Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 1400 West 44th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine when their left ring finger became pinched between the piston and the face of the machine. Their fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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