# Amputations at The Libman Company
> OSHA SIR `2019043352` · 4/1/2019 · ARCOLA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Libman Company
- **Location:** 220 North Sheldon St, ARCOLA, ILLINOIS, 61910
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:30 p.m. on April 1, 2019, an employee was operating an angle broom machine. A bundle of broom bristles had not loaded correctly in the feed table; the employee was straightening the bundle when the machine cycled, amputating the employee's left little fingertip.

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