# Amputations at Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015064030` · 6/24/2015 · MELROSE PARK, 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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 N. 25th Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a grinder to sharpen a 6-inch blade when his left thumb got caught in the running grinder. The top of the thumb, including bone, was amputated.

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