# Amputations at MRC Polymers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110289` · 11/1/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MRC Polymers, Inc.
- **Location:** 3307 S. Lawndale Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting cleaning/unjamming operations on a dust collector machine when his hand entered the point of operation, amputating his index, middle, and ring fingers.

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