# Amputations at LSC Communications
> OSHA SIR `20181213087` · 12/21/2018 · PONTIAC, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LSC Communications
- **Location:** 1600 N. Main Street, PONTIAC, ILLINOIS, 61764
- **NAICS:** 511140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 6:00 p.m. on December 21, 2018, an employee was trying to clear a jam in a hopper. The push plate moved while his right hand was in the hopper, resulting in a crushing injury to his right index finger. The finger was surgically amputated.

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