# Amputations at WATERSHED FOODS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043538` · 4/17/2020 · GRIDLEY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WATERSHED FOODS, LLC
- **Location:** 202 N. FORD ST., GRIDLEY, ILLINOIS, 61744
- **NAICS:** 311423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had removed the conveyor on the backside of a machine to clean. When the employee went to put the machine back in place, the employee's left ring finger was caught in a pinch point created by the lug conveyor chain and the traying machine. As a result, the employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

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