# Amputations at Quaker Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015052841` · 5/13/2015 · DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Quaker Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 1703 EAST VOORHEES STREET, DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, 61832
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee changing a "barrel" on an extruder machine received a crushing injury to his right index finger. Part of the finger was surgically removed due to the extent of the injury.

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