# Amputations at Grainco FS Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044174` · 4/24/2019 · OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Grainco FS Inc.
- **Location:** 4201 MBL Drive, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, 61350
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling and sealing 50-pound bags of fertilizer. The employee was correcting the alignment of a bag going into the sealer unit when his right middle finger was caught. He suffered a fingertip amputation.

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