# Amputations at Morey Industries dba Westmont Engineering Company
> OSHA SIR `20171110758` · 11/8/2017 · BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morey Industries dba Westmont Engineering Company
- **Location:** 2000 Beach Dr., BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60155
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a lower die when his left index finger became caught between the bottom point of the die and the frame of the press. He suffered an amputation to his finger.

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