# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at J. L. Clark, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021127` · 2/4/2017 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J. L. Clark, Inc.
- **Location:** 923 23rd Ave, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning a lithography press, an employee's rag and left hand were pulled into the roller's point of operation. The machine was running at the time and the employee's hand was partially degloved and his left index, middle and ring fingers were partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized.

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