# Amputations at Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212408` · 12/3/2018 · RICHMOND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc.
- **Location:** 5205 Route 12, RICHMOND, ILLINOIS, 60071
- **NAICS:** 339111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While using a glass sheet cutting machine, an employee suffered a compound fracture and a partial amputation of the left ring finger.

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