# Amputations at ADVANCED FILTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181212417` · 12/3/2018 · CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ADVANCED FILTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 3206 FARBER DRIVE, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, 61821
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had blocked the presser to remove a jam from the gasket machine. After starting the machine the employee realized the safety block needed to be removed. When the employee tried to remove the block, the machine completed its cycle and caused the partial amputation of a finger.

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