# Amputations at SENIOR FLEXONICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010289` · 1/9/2019 · BARTLETT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SENIOR FLEXONICS, INC.
- **Location:** 300 EAST DEVON, BARTLETT, ILLINOIS, 60103
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a corrugated machine attempted to jostle a metal tube that was not working correctly.  When the tube moved, it activated a sensor that lowered an elevator gate down on the three middle fingertips of the employee's right hand. Her fingertips were amputated.

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