# Amputations at Maclean-Fogg Component Solutions, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `20171211543` · 12/5/2017 · MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Maclean-Fogg Component Solutions, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 1000 Allanson Rd., MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS, 60060
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to align cylinder connections on a cold nut forming machine to insert pins. He was using his left hand to feel for abnormalities to connect the pins when the machine suddenly activated, amputating his left thumb tip. The machine was not locked out or 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*