# Amputations at MUELLER Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087004` · 8/8/2022 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MUELLER Co. LLC
- **Location:** 500 W. Eldorado Street, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62525
- **NAICS:** 334513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 8, 2022, an employee was making 1-inch valves on a machine when his left little finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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