# Amputations at Mandel Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020809` · 2/26/2015 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mandel Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 11400 Addison Ave., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60016
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had his fingertip amputated while using a rag to de-bur a piece of material coming out of a machine on the slitting line. The machine caught the rag and pulled it with the employee's finger.

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