# Amputations at NTN-BOWER CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019032965` · 3/21/2019 · MACOMB, 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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** NTN-BOWER CORPORATION
- **Location:** 711 N BOWER RD, MACOMB, ILLINOIS, 61455
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 3:10 p.m. on March 21, 2019, an employee was trying to reset the gauge on an ID grinder. The parts loader cycled and pinched the employee's left index finger, causing an avulsion and later surgical amputation to the first knuckle.

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