# Amputations at Vapor Bus International
> OSHA SIR `2021097949` · 9/15/2021 · BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vapor Bus International
- **Location:** 1010 Johnson Drive, BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60089
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right thumb got caught in the moving chain and sprocket of a lathe resulting in amputation of the thumb tip. The drive chain assembly was not locked out at the time.

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