# Amputations at IKO Industries Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2020088122` · 8/26/2020 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** IKO Industries Ltd.
- **Location:** 120 HAY ROAD, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19809
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 9:30 a.m. on August 26, 2020, an employee was cutting off fiberglass material that had wrapped around a roller on a production line. A chain and gear caught the employee's gloved-hand, causing a 3-millimeter fingertip amputation.

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