# Amputations at Armstrong Flooring
> OSHA SIR `2019088740` · 8/22/2019 · KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Armstrong Flooring
- **Location:** 1401 N. Hobbie Drive, KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, 60901
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a tile jam on the line when the employee's fingertip was injured, resulting in the amputation of 3 mm of the left little fingertip.

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