# Amputations at Express Packaging of Ohio, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086189` · 8/27/2015 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Express Packaging of Ohio, Inc.
- **Location:** 1155 Harvester Rd, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a fingertip amputation while lifting a vehicle hood from one pallet to another pallet. The employee's finger was caught under the hood when the hood was set down on the pallet.

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