# Amputations at Hansen Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023065306` · 6/15/2023 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hansen Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 1270 ABBOTT DR., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a material granulator machine. The machine activated while the employee's right hand was near its blade; the employee suffered amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

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