# Amputations involving bone loss at Grease Beaters LLC dba Rockford Separators
> OSHA SIR `2024109926` · 10/25/2024 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Grease Beaters LLC dba Rockford Separators
- **Location:** 5159 28th Avenue, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending metal in a brake press when the press amputated their right thumb.

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