# Amputations at UNITED SCRAP METAL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020054370` · 5/11/2020 · CICERO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED SCRAP METAL, INC.
- **Location:** 1545 S. CICERO AVE., CICERO, ILLINOIS, 60804
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee experienced an amputation of his right arm while operating a cable stripper on 05/11/20 at 5:15 p.m.

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