# Amputations at FIC AMERICA CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019032313` · 3/4/2019 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** FIC AMERICA CORPORATION
- **Location:** 485 E. LIES RD., CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a milling machine to surface grind a plastic block. Their gloved left hand became entangled in the bit and pulled into the machine resulting in amputation of the left thumb at the first knuckle.

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