# Fractures at Thomson Linear, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065082` · 6/8/2023 · MARENGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomson Linear, LLC
- **Location:** 1300 N State Street, MARENGO, ILLINOIS, 60152
- **NAICS:** 333513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a steel bar into a thread-rolling machine. The employee attempted to reposition the bar when it started spinning and caught his left glove. The employee's thumb was pulled into the feed table roller, resulting in fractures to the left thumb, wrist, and forearm.

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