# Amputations at CTI Industries Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015129098` · 12/2/2015 · BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CTI Industries Corporation
- **Location:** 22160 N. Pepper Road, BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS, 60010
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While attempting to clear a jam in a heat seal bag machine, an employee's pinky finger was amputated.

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