# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Midwest Can Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024088069` · 8/30/2024 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Can Company, LLC
- **Location:** 10800 W. Belmont Avenue, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a machine part when her gloved fingertip was caught in the bench grinder, severing the tip. Her right index finger was amputated under the nail.

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