# Amputations at Argentum Medical
> OSHA SIR `2023054399` · 5/17/2023 · GENEVA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Argentum Medical
- **Location:** Argentum Medical LLC, GENEVA, ILLINOIS, 60134
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the seal bar of a packaging machine when it activated/cycled and their right index fingertip was amputated.

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