# Amputations at Prince Minerals LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077034` · 7/11/2019 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Prince Minerals LLC
- **Location:** 401 N Prince Plaza, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62305
- **NAICS:** 325130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee bagging material at the 200-cubic foot mixing station was clearing a jam in the dust collector using a mallet. While bracing his body with the left hand, he contacted the rotary airlock resulting in the amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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