# Amputations at The Scoular Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021484` · 2/13/2018 · PEOTONE, 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Scoular Company
- **Location:** 28451 S. Route 45, PEOTONE, ILLINOIS, 60468
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bucket elevator/leg machine and opened a metal cover located at the bottom of the machine. The employee was attempting to remove grain from inside the running machine and amputated the left middle finger and lacerated the ring finger.

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