# Amputations at Dhaliwal Labs North, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021908` · 2/20/2019 · BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Dhaliwal Labs North, LLC
- **Location:** 5202 W. 70th Place, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 325181
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pallet wrapping machine to wrap product on a pallet. He had turned the machine off and was at the bottom with the wrap when the pallet shifted and knocked him off balance. His thumb was pinched between the pallet and the machine; the tip was amputated to the first knuckle.

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