# Amputations at Champion Laboratories, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107552` · 10/10/2015 · ALBION, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Laboratories, Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Industrial Drive, ALBION, ILLINOIS, 62806
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Saturday 10/10/15 at approximately 5:00 AM, an employee's hand slid underneath a fixed guard at the Department 5540 Pleater. The employee's left index finger made contact with a belt and was pulled into a roller resulting in injury.  Medical provider's diagnosis is that of a partial amputation of the left index finger.

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