# Amputations at Ardex Americas
> OSHA SIR `2018021561` · 2/14/2018 · BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Product labeling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ardex Americas
- **Location:** 150 Mooney Drive, BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS, 60914
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to release a pail that was stuck in the labeling machine. When the pail released, the pail and belt pulled the employee's right thumb into the machine, amputating the tip.

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