# Amputations at James Hardie Building Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021155` · 2/6/2023 · PERU, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** James Hardie Building Products Inc.
- **Location:** 17 Unytite Dr., PERU, ILLINOIS, 61354
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting a motor. His right hand became entangled by moving parts in the gearbox, and he suffered amputations to the middle, ring, and little fingers.

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