# Amputations at Export Packaging Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098531` · 9/27/2022 · MILAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Arm saws, radial arm saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Export Packaging Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 808 8th Ave E, MILAN, ILLINOIS, 61264
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 27, 2022, an employee was using a radial arm saw to cut a board. As he was pulling the sawblade across the board, the blade injured his left arm. His hand was medically amputated above the wrist.

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