# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Great Northern Instore, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024053878` · 5/3/2024 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Northern Instore, LLC
- **Location:** 333 E. Touhy Avenue, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a butt welding machine and placing rings. Her left index fingertip became caught in the coppers, lacerating it and resulting in a partial surgical amputation to the finger.

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