# Amputations at Illinois Auto Electric Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016054181` · 5/13/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinois Auto Electric Co.
- **Location:** 4750 S. Central Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the electric output on a fan when the alternator fan blade caused an amputation injury to his right hand.

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