# Amputations at Rohm and Haas LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191011257` · 10/30/2019 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Rohm and Haas LLC
- **Location:** 2401 E. Pratt Blvd, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was fixing a folding rail that was stuck. When the scissor railing lowered, the employee's finger was caught in a pinch point of the folding section. The employee's left pinky fingertip was amputated.

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