# Amputations at W.R. GRACE & CO.
> OSHA SIR `2017043622` · 4/21/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** W.R. GRACE & CO.
- **Location:** 4099 W. 71st, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60629
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 21, 2017, an employee was attempting to use a tool to remove a jam from a machine when the tool became caught in the machine's auger along with the employee's left index finger.

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