# Amputations at AJR Filtration
> OSHA SIR `2022021335` · 2/11/2022 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AJR Filtration
- **Location:** 1500 Harvester Road, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the cutting department, spreading material and then cutting each ply. The rotary blade of an end cutter amputated the employee's fingertip.

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