# Amputations at S & C ELECTRIC COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015063596` · 6/11/2015 · CHICAGO, 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:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** S & C ELECTRIC COMPANY
- **Location:** 6601 N. RIDGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60626
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the injection molding door when his left hand glove along with the tip of his middle finger got caught between the door and the frame of the injection molding machine. The employee jerked his hand out and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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