# Amputations at Illinios Tool Works
> OSHA SIR `2017032589` · 3/21/2017 · NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinios Tool Works
- **Location:** 5 Malcolm Hoyt Drive, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 01950
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a drive motor on an embossing machine when the employee's fingertip was caught and amputated in two of the motor gears.

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