# Amputations at James Hardie Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2021098344` · 9/27/2021 · PERU, 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:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** James Hardie Building Products
- **Location:** 17 Unytite Drive, PERU, ILLINOIS, 61354
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 27, 2021, an employee was sanding a bar on a lathe and amputated their right ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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