# Amputations at Illinois Engineered Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021654` · 2/21/2022 · CHICAGO, 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinois Engineered Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2415 W. 21st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60608
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press to bend parts. As the employee placed the part into the machine and pressed the foot pedal, their left middle finger and ring fingertip were amputated. The employee was hospitalized where the middle finger was reattached. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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