# Amputations at AJR Filtration, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110413` · 11/4/2016 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fabric
## Employer
- **Name:** AJR Filtration, Inc.
- **Location:** AJR Filtration, Inc., SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 322224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Friday November 4, 2016, at approximately 5:30 a.m., a temporary employee was working with a coworker to hand feed fabric into a fabric cutter machine. At some point during the operation, fabric entangled the employee's hand and pulled it into the point of operation. The employee suffered a partial right ring fingertip amputation and lacerations to the right middle and pinky fingers.

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