# Amputations at PERFECT SHUTTERS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021043541` · 4/29/2021 · HEBRON, 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:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PERFECT SHUTTERS INC.
- **Location:** 12131 HIGHWAY 173, HEBRON, ILLINOIS, 60034
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying mold release spray on an injection mold machine when the machine's tie bar closed and pinched the employee's hand on the spray can. The employee suffered crush injuries to their right middle and ring fingers, as well as an amputation of their right ring fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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