# Amputations at Paratech, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098466` · 9/13/2023 · FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Paratech, Inc.
- **Location:** 1025 Lambrecht Drive, FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS, 60423
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a deburring machine. He paused, then began working again, at which point the machine caught his left ring finger and amputated the tip at the first knuckle.

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