# Amputations at Luckman Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2022032409` · 3/16/2022 · ALSIP, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Luckman Recycling
- **Location:** 12841 South Pulaski Road, ALSIP, ILLINOIS, 60803
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of brass on a hydraulic shear. As the shear was cutting, it partially amputated his right thumb.

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