# Amputations at Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074806` · 7/18/2015 · HENRY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc.
- **Location:** 1546 Country Road 1450 North, HENRY, ILLINOIS, 61537
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the grinder for a spray dryer when a finger got caught in a pinch point between the fan blade and the opening to the fan blade housing. The employee sustained a left ring finger amputation.

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