# Amputations at Material Sciences Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015118416` · 11/9/2015 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Material Sciences Corporation
- **Location:** 2300 E. Pratt Blvd., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up for the next job on the recoiler when his right index finger got crushed in a pinch point on the machine. He suffered a fingertip amputation.

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