# Amputations at ELGIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019077471` · 7/22/2019 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ELGIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 1100 JANSEN FARM DRIVE, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2019, an employee was hand feeding metal rods into the chute of a welding machine when her right ring finger was caught by a clamping device and the fingertip was amputated.

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