# Amputations at Direct Pallet, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015086139` · 8/26/2015 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Direct Pallet, Inc
- **Location:** 1144 St. Charles St., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60120
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a serious injury when wiping wood dust residue from the notching machine.  The machine caught his glove and pulled the employee's hand into the point of operation. The right hand was amputated.

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