# Amputations at Alpha Baking
> OSHA SIR `2018043255` · 4/5/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-roller
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Baking
- **Location:** 5001 Polk St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60644
- **NAICS:** 311811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually pushing a conveyor part to prepare the line for a pallet transport when his right pinky finger was pinched between two conveyors, (one belt, and one gravity roller conveyor) that were not running at the time; resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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