# Amputations involving bone loss at G&M Die Casting Company., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076632` · 7/9/2025 · WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Casting machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** G&M Die Casting Company., Inc.
- **Location:** 284 Richert Road, WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS, 60191
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were operating an aluminum die casting machine when a piston that pushed molten aluminum into the mold stopped dispensing aluminum correctly. After they had spent several hours fixing the issue, the machine cycled and the die closed on one employee's right hand. The employee suffered amputations to the index fingertip and the thumb at the knuckle.

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