# Amputations at Master Molding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023042893` · 4/1/2023 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Master Molding, LLC
- **Location:** 1000 Davis RD, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing an injection mold weighing approximately 660 lbs. on a press when the mold fell and crushed the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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