# Amputations at MET2PLASTICS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111575` · 11/9/2018 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** MET2PLASTICS, LLC
- **Location:** 701 Lee St., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a mold, holding the block with his left hand on the table and placing the top of the mold with his right hand. The top section of the mold tipped over and crushed the employee's left index finger on the table, causing a partial amputation.

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