# Amputations at American Litho, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2020065971` · 6/26/2020 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** American Litho, Incorporated
- **Location:** 175 Mercedes Dr, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting timing on the inline section of a printing machine, which had been removed from service and was in a maintenance shop. The employee's right little finger was caught in the timing gear and amputated.

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