# Amputations at Pro-Pak Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191010384` · 10/3/2019 · WEST CHICAGO, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Pro-Pak Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 1099 Atlantic Drive #1, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 323112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a wire re-spooling line into a 500-foot roll. His right ring finger got stuck between the guide and the plastic spool, and the fingertip was lacerated. It was surgically removed to the first knuckle.

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