# Amputations at West Liberty Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017010492` · 1/16/2017 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** West Liberty Foods
- **Location:** 750 S. Schimdt Road, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet of goods from one slot to another using a pallet jack when the employee's finger became caught between the pallet jack handle and fixed racking resulting in amputation.

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