# Amputations at Saint-Gobain Abrasives
> OSHA SIR `2018054261` · 5/2/2018 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint-Gobain Abrasives
- **Location:** 200 Fullerton Ave, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sharpening a tool on a bench grinder when the tool slipped and he injured his left index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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