# Amputations at Forge Group Dekalb LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019076753` · 7/4/2019 · DEKALB, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Forge Group Dekalb LLC
- **Location:** 1832 Pleasant St., DEKALB, ILLINOIS, 60115
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a trim press in a forge shop with tongs and a swab. He was putting oil on the trim press when the machine was activated, causing a partial amputation to his right index finger and the next two fingers.

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