# Amputations at American Louver Company
> OSHA SIR `2020088206` · 8/29/2020 · SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** American Louver Company
- **Location:** 7700 N. Austin Ave., SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, 60077
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press. The press cycled and caught the employee's left ring finger, causing a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

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