# Amputations at PEERLESS OF AMERICA
> OSHA SIR `2015129510` · 12/15/2015 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PEERLESS OF AMERICA
- **Location:** 1201 W WABASH AVENUE, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/15/15 at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee operating Rounder Machine #150 was in the process of feeding a 2" x 1/2" piece of copper stock material and inadvertently actuated the mechanism resulting in a partial amputation to the right index finger.

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