# Amputations at Erie Group International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032462` · 3/18/2022 · ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Erie Group International, Inc.
- **Location:** 1201 South Main Street, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, 61068
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee shut off an extruder to retrieve a stuck piece of material. As he moved to pull out the material, a blade in the extruder amputated one of his fingertips.

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