# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Kerry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021666` · 2/22/2024 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kerry Inc.
- **Location:** 3141 W. North Avenue, MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 311822
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the bake sealer (used to seal the product) on the line and there a change over in the process. The employee was moving the bake sealer when he slipped and his hands were caught between the moving belts of it, resulting in a partial amputation of the left little finger.

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