# Amputations at Avient Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022076441` · 7/22/2022 · MCHENRY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Avient Corporation
- **Location:** 833 Ridgeview Dr., MCHENRY, ILLINOIS, 60050
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an extruder machine when it punctured his left hand, causing the amputation of a fingertip.

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