# Amputations at Novolex LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076880` · 7/30/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Novolex LLC
- **Location:** 1700 S Canal St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean rollers on a press when their right thumb was caught in the rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.

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