# Amputations at ADVANCED FILTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181111285` · 11/1/2018 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ADVANCED FILTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 3206 FARBER DRIVE, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61821
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 1, 2018, at 10:05 p.m., an employee in a lab was using a filter leak checker when his left index finger was caught between the bottom of the filter and the metal base of the machine, resulting in the removal of his fingernail and amputation of his fingertip.

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