# Amputations at Methode Electronics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010215` · 10/3/2018 · CARTHAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Methode Electronics, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 West Buchanan Street, CARTHAGE, ILLINOIS, 62321
- **NAICS:** 334417
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:11 a.m. on October 3, 2018, a temporary employee was using a cut and fold machine to crimp pieces of mylar (film strip). While the employee was straightening a piece of mylar, the machine activated and struck her left index finger. Her fingernail was amputated.

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