# Amputations at Algus Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023086999` · 8/2/2023 · DEKALB, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Product labeling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Algus Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 1212 E. Taylor St., DEKALB, ILLINOIS, 60115
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a machine that labels thermal formed-plastic blisters. The employee went to grab the blisters that were falling into the chute of the rack when a metal pick head on the machine lacerated their left ring finger, 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*