# Amputations at UNYTITE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016021567` · 2/19/2016 · LA SALLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** UNYTITE, INC.
- **Location:** 325 Civic Road, LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, 61301
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was repairing a tapping machine. He was working underneath the machine. To access the conveyor belt, he was moving a product tray out of the way by pushing it. The tray came off the guides and tilted, and his finger was caught between the tray and the machine, amputating his left middle fingertip.

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