# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at HN Precision
> OSHA SIR `2024010134` · 1/6/2024 · LAKE BLUFF, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** HN Precision
- **Location:** 601 Skokie Hwy, LAKE BLUFF, ILLINOIS, 60044
- **NAICS:** 332721
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A part jammed in a rotary machine. While an employee was removing it, the machine's piston came down on his finger, resulting in an amputation to the top portion of the left little finger. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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