# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at North Coast Container
> OSHA SIR `2024109586` · 10/15/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** North Coast Container
- **Location:** 1846 South Kilbourn, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 15, 2024, an employee was cleaning a drum welder with a rag. The machine pulled in the rag and injured three fingers on the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized with three partially amputated fingers.

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