# Amputations at Hydrox Laboratories
> OSHA SIR `2017021674` · 2/21/2017 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hydrox Laboratories
- **Location:** 825 Tollgate Road, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 621511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a roll-on ball dispensing machine. He was wiping the machine with a towel when his finger was pulled into the machine and was crushed between the drive pulley and belt. His left index fingertip was amputated. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

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