# Amputations at OLIN CORPORATION, WINCHESTER DIVISION
> OSHA SIR `2016031883` · 3/2/2016 · EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OLIN CORPORATION, WINCHESTER DIVISION
- **Location:** 445 N Shamrock Street, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
- **NAICS:** 332992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a feed system and attempting to reline the feed line to the machine when her right middle finger was pinched by the homing plate, amputating her fingertip.

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