# Amputations at PRIMUS ELECTRONICS CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016076116` · 7/7/2016 · MORRIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** PRIMUS ELECTRONICS CORP.
- **Location:** 4180 Sand Ridge Rd, MORRIS, ILLINOIS, 60450
- **NAICS:** 423690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading and adjusting a spindle that contained a wooden spool when the spindle became unbalanced and the industrial wooden spool fell on the employee's right ring finger, partially amputating it before the first knuckle.

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