# Amputations at Leslie's Poolmart, Inc./Stellar Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065203` · 6/13/2023 · SAUGET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Leslie's Poolmart, Inc./Stellar Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 1647 Sauget Business Bvld, SAUGET, ILLINOIS, 62206
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a chlorine tablet press. The employee was cleaning some excess granular material off the press when the punch and die amputated his right middle fingertip above the cuticle.

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