# Amputations at Handy Button Machine Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023032878` · 3/31/2023 · WHEELING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Handy Button Machine Co.
- **Location:** 29 E. Hintz Road, WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
- **NAICS:** 339993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam or feeding tape into a machine when it activated, resulting in a fingertip amputation on the left hand.

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