# Amputations at US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, USP Marion
> OSHA SIR `20171211766` · 12/11/2017 · MARION, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, USP Marion
- **Location:** 4500 Prison Road, MARION, ILLINOIS, 62959
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/11/2017, at approximately 12:30 p.m., an employee was operating a rubber molding machine when he attempted to remove a left-over piece of rubber from the heated top plate. The employee's gloves made contact with the heated plate and melted to the surface. Before he was able to free himself, the molding machine began operating and pinned his right-hand fingers between the top and bottom plates for several seconds, amputating all four fingers and his thumb.

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