# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Minerallac Company
> OSHA SIR `2024053982` · 5/7/2024 · HAMPSHIRE, 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Minerallac Company
- **Location:** 100 Gast Road, HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS, 60140
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running an automated packing machine when a part got lodged in the machine gating. When the employee attempted to remove the blockage, her finger was caught between the gate and the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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