# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at FORMEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024043339` · 4/17/2024 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Industrial printing machinery
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** FORMEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 11323 Franklin Ave, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a 45-pound sleeve off a cylinder on a printing machine after it had become stuck. The actuating arm activated and pushed the sleeve, crushing his finger and resulting in an amputation to his right little fingertip. The machine was not locked out 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*