# Amputations involving bone loss at Forge Group Cardinal LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010161` · 1/8/2024 · ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Forge Group Cardinal LLC
- **Location:** 1040 SOUTH MAIN STREET, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, 61068
- **NAICS:** 332112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a part on a belt grinder when the part slipped and his left thumb was caught between the belt and the guard. The employee sustained an amputation involving loss of bone from the thumb tip.

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