# Amputations at Custom Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099007` · 9/22/2016 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 1940 Lunt Ave., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking plastic parts off a machine. When he attempted to dislodge a part that was caught in the machine, the machine blade amputated his left middle finger and lacerated his left index and ring fingers. The guard was in place at the time.

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