# Amputations at Thieme Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021054059` · 5/18/2021 · SAINT CHARLES, 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:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thieme Corporation
- **Location:** 3605 Swenson Ave, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 333511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 18, 2021, an employee was servicing a chiller cooling unit. The employee had removed a side cover from the unit to add water when the fan on top of the unit turned on and pulled in his right hand. He suffered an index finger amputation, a possible amputation of the thumb, and a laceration to the middle finger.

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