# Amputations at Commercial Plastics Company
> OSHA SIR `2021031935` · 3/3/2021 · MUNDELEIN, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Commercial Plastics Company
- **Location:** 800 Allanson Road, MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS, 60060
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a compression machine when their left index finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation.

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