# Amputations at Versa Press, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010690` · 1/22/2020 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Versa Press, Inc.
- **Location:** 1465 Spring Bay Rd., EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 323117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 21, 2020, at around 3:00 PM, an employee was fixing a printing press when his right hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in lacerations to the index and middle fingers. The middle fingertip was surgically amputated.

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