# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Martin Automatic, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087994` · 8/28/2024 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Automatic, Inc.
- **Location:** 1661 Northrock Ct., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61103
- **NAICS:** 333244
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling equipment. He was making a controlled adjustment to a pneumatic cylinder by slowly adding air pressure. As the pressure built, one of the safety latches dis-engaged, causing the cylinder to move suddenly and crush the employee's left middle finger against a mounting bracket. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

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