# Amputations at Fives Landis Corp.- Cutting Tools - Abrasives (Gardner Abrasives)
> OSHA SIR `2023010932` · 1/30/2023 · SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fives Landis Corp.- Cutting Tools - Abrasives (Gardner Abrasives)
- **Location:** 481 Gardner Street, SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a press, a spacer, and a lift. The press and the spacer were being used together but were not permanently affixed to each other. At the end of the order, the employee clamped the spacer and the press together with a C-clamp and tried to remove them from the operation by flipping the press over. His fingers were pinched in the gap between the press and the spacer next to the C-clamp.

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