# Amputations at Jernberg Industries, LLC dba American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075893` · 7/19/2021 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Jernberg Industries, LLC dba American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 455 Gibraltar Dr., BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
- **NAICS:** 212299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge a part jammed on a conveyor. The conveyor caught the employee's glove and pulled in the employee's left hand, causing fractures to the index and ring fingers and amputating the middle finger.

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