# Amputations at Imperial Manufacturing Group USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20160910215` · 9/28/2016 · ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Imperial Manufacturing Group USA Inc.
- **Location:** 1450 Discovery Parkway, ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62002
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On the R2 Hoods machine in the warehouse, an employee caught her right index finger in the machine when trying to place a piece of cloth between the pieces of metal. The injury resulted in surgical amputation of the right index fingertip.

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