# Amputations at Applied Acoustics International
> OSHA SIR `2018099678` · 9/19/2018 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Applied Acoustics International
- **Location:** 1001 State Street, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A laminator crushed an employee's right hand and injured his left hand. He was hospitalized, and three of his right fingers were surgically removed. The laminator was guarded at the time of the incident.

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