# Amputations at SUNCAST CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20171110555` · 11/1/2017 · BATAVIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** SUNCAST CORPORATION
- **Location:** 701 N. KIRK ROAD, BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, 60510
- **NAICS:** 337125
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a grinder hopper when a rotating component inside the hopper amputated the employee's middle finger. The hopper was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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