# Amputations at SCHAFF INTERNATIONAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20170810400` · 8/11/2017 · LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SCHAFF INTERNATIONAL, LLC
- **Location:** 451 Oakwood Road, LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS, 60047
- **NAICS:** 332613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hammer machine when she inadvertently activated the foot pedal while her left index finger was in the point of operation. She suffered a left index fingertip amputation.

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