# Amputations at Panduit Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015129928` · 12/28/2015 · TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Panduit Corporation
- **Location:** 10500 W. 167th Street, TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS, 60487
- **NAICS:** 335932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 28, 2015 at 21:45 an employee shut down a production machine to clear a jam. The employee's left thumb was in a pinch point when a spring released pinching the employee's thumb and causing an avulsion and broken bone. The tip of the thumb was later partially amputated.

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