# Amputations at Big 3 Precision Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021032434` · 3/22/2021 · CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Big 3 Precision Products Inc
- **Location:** 2923 Wabash Ave, CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, 62801
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:15 a.m. on March 22, 2021, an employee was working with a part on a bench disk grinder. The disk caught the employee's left glove and pulled in the employee's middle finger, amputating the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

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