# Amputations at Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109763` · 10/23/2023 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 N. 25th Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a cart with finished steel frames for a pallet rack when they noticed a frame on the cart with a loose diagonal support. The employee raised the frame up to fix it when the frame fell and caught his left ring fingertip. The employee suffered a partial amputation.

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