# Amputations at Sterling Spring, L.L.C
> OSHA SIR `2017098439` · 9/1/2017 · BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Spring, L.L.C
- **Location:** 7171 West 65th Street, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 332611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 1, 2017, at approximately 2:01 p.m., an employee was operating a press machine when the employee's fingertip was caught and amputated in the machine.

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