# Amputations at Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021055` · 2/3/2016 · PONTIAC, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
- **Location:** 701 INTERLAKE DR., PONTIAC, ILLINOIS, 61764
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating an automatic welder and attempted to clean the weld heads while the machine was still in operation.  The left ring finger was amputated to the first knuckle and the left pinky fingertip was also amputated.

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