# Amputations at Thomson Linear, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021637` · 2/20/2017 · MARENGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomson Linear, LLC
- **Location:** 1300 N State Street, MARENGO, ILLINOIS, 60152
- **NAICS:** 333513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a buffer machine when his right hand was caught between the die and the rollers resulting in a crushing injury to the ring and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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