# Amputations at Paul's Machine & Welding Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2023098766` · 9/22/2023 · VILLA GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Paul's Machine & Welding Corp.
- **Location:** 650 North Sycamore Street, VILLA GROVE, ILLINOIS, 61956
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 22, 2023, two employees were relocating equipment when two pieces of equipment collided and an employee's right index finger was crushed between the equipment. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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