# Amputations at WAHL CLIPPER
> OSHA SIR `2015129400` · 12/11/2015 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WAHL CLIPPER
- **Location:** 2900 LOCUST STREET, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine and smashed three fingers inside the machine resulting in the amputation of the left ring fingertip.

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