# Amputations at Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098412` · 9/12/2023 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 N. 25th Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a cataphoresis paint machine from a balcony when the machine caught their little finger and right index finger, resulting in partial amputations.

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