# Amputations at Great Northern Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20221110461` · 11/29/2022 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Northern Corporation
- **Location:** 333 East Touhy Avenue, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending parts on a brake press machine. The machine amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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