# Amputations at Bison Gear & Engineering Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015108025` · 10/27/2015 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bison Gear & Engineering Corporation
- **Location:** 3850 Ohio Ave., SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 333612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 8:15 a.m. on October 27, 2015, an employee was operating a com cutter machine when he incurred an amputation to the tip of his left ring finger.  The machine rotates, smooths and cuts commutators that are a component of DC motors.

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