# Amputations at Pittsfield Machine, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087141` · 8/7/2023 · PAYSON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Pittsfield Machine, LLC
- **Location:** 609 N. Fulton St., PAYSON, ILLINOIS, 62360
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a spacer block while operating a clipper saw. When the machine started up, the employee's glove was pulled into the saw. He suffered amputations to his right middle and ring fingertips.

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