# Amputations at TEMPCO ELECTRIC HEATER CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015096645` · 9/11/2015 · WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TEMPCO ELECTRIC HEATER CORPORATION
- **Location:** 607 N. Central Ave., WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS, 60191
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a metal piece on an Arcotech rolling machine and got his right ring finger caught between the piece of metal and the roller. The employee's right ring finger was crushed resulting in an amputation.

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