# Amputations at Gee Asphalt Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099365` · 9/15/2017 · ALGONQUIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Paint
- **Secondary source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gee Asphalt Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Algonquin Commons, ALGONQUIN, ILLINOIS, 60102
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 15, 2017, at approximately 7:00 a.m., an employee was operating a paint machine when the paint wand hose sprang a leak and began discharging paint at high pressure. He was attempting to grab the wand gun handle when his right index finger was struck by the high-pressure paint (2,000 PSI). His right index finger had to be surgically amputated.

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