# Amputations at MERVIS SUPPLY CO., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201010003` · 10/21/2020 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MERVIS SUPPLY CO., Inc.
- **Location:** 1180 N. 22ND ST., DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62525
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding the wire stripper and suffered finger lacerations and a fingertip amputation on the left hand.

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