# Amputations at DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087230` · 8/4/2016 · STOCKTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 301 SOUTH SIMMONS, STOCKTON, ILLINOIS, 61085
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a piece of metal on a belt sander when the metal piece slipped out of the employee's control and came back to amputate his fingertip.

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