# Amputations at Slidematic Precision Components, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021190` · 2/7/2017 · ROCKFORD, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Slidematic Precision Components, Inc.
- **Location:** 1303 Samuelson Road, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a part in a bending machine when it cycled, amputating the employee's left middle finger.

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