# Amputations at ANCHOR-HARVEY COMPONENTS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021786` · 2/24/2017 · FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ANCHOR-HARVEY COMPONENTS, LLC
- **Location:** 600 W. Lamm Rd., FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, 61032
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 24, 2017, a temporary employee was using tongs with his right hand to remove the hot metal/stamped piece from the point-of-operation on the forging punch press and placed it on the nearby heat belt (conveyor). Then, the employee sprayed the point-of-operation with his left hand holding the sprayer bottle. The employee reached into the point-of-operation with the sprayer bottle and his left hand was caught and crushed by the closing dies of the forging punch press. His left index finger was amputated at the middle knuckle.

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