# Amputations involving bone loss at ITW Zip-Pak
> OSHA SIR `2024032338` · 3/15/2024 · OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ITW Zip-Pak
- **Location:** 1510 Warehouse Dr., OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, 61350
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the winder and became entangled in the zipper line as it was wrapping around the spool on the winding machine. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation as well as a laceration, bruises and contusions, and was hospitalized.

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