# Amputations at Helmuth Custom Kitchens LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021053778` · 5/7/2021 · ARTHUR, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmuth Custom Kitchens LLC
- **Location:** 2004 Cr 1800 E, ARTHUR, ILLINOIS, 61911
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a planer saw, an employee's thumb was amputated by the blade.

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