# Amputations at INNOVATIVE PLASTECH, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017043018` · 4/3/2017 · BATAVIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** INNOVATIVE PLASTECH, INC.
- **Location:** 1260 KINGSLAND DRIVE, BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, 60510
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 3, 2017, an employee was adjusting a roll of plastic material being fed into a thermoforming machine while standing on a small metal grated platform. The employee stumbled and the employee's hand was caught in a pinch point where the machine chain drew the material in, resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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