# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Wheatland Tube
> OSHA SIR `2024087461` · 8/14/2024 · ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine and tool parts, accessories  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wheatland Tube
- **Location:** 1600 Ritchie Court, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, 61068
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming tape from a packaging machine. When the employee cut the tape off the blade, the blade contacted their middle and little fingers. The tip of their little finger was amputated and the middle finger was lacerated.

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