# Amputations at A&E Plastics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017064970` · 6/1/2017 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** A&E Plastics, LLC
- **Location:** 1620 Cambridge Drive, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a plastic injection molding machine and attempting to retrieve a part when a flap on the machine's tool closed on and amputated her left thumb tip.

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