# Amputations at DUREX INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2022043716` · 4/29/2022 · CARY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DUREX INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 190 Detroit Street, CARY, ILLINOIS, 60013
- **NAICS:** 334512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a machine that cut product to length and ejected it through an ejection/discharge slot. The employee checked the ejector and noticed a jam. While he was trying to removed the jammed product, the machine's blade caught his finger and amputated the tip.

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