# Amputations at Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063474` · 6/7/2015 · BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 471 Fox Court, BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS, 60108
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Sunday June 7, 2015, at approximately 4:55 p.m., an employee on the production floor was operating a crimper machine, which is a wire connector crimping machine operated by an unguarded foot pedal. The injured employee was hand-feeding wire pieces into the point of operation when she inadvertently pressed a foot pedal with her right-hand index finger, resulting in an amputation. The point of operation was unguarded at the time.

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