# Amputations at Central Decal Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055469` · 5/31/2019 · BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Decal Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 6901 High Grove Blvd., BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 60527
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a die cutting machine when his left hand was caught between the clamshell platen and a stationary die. All four fingers (except thumb) on the left hand were crushed resulting in amputation.

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