# Amputations at Beam Global
> OSHA SIR `2023088005` · 8/30/2023 · BROADVIEW, 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Beam Global
- **Location:** 2600 S. 25th Ave., BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60155
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a tape machine when the safety guard came back down, which started the blade of the machine and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

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