# Amputations at M & R Printing Equipment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015075159` · 7/28/2015 · GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** M & R Printing Equipment, Inc.
- **Location:** 1N372 Main St., GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS, 60137
- **NAICS:** 333244
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 28, 2015 and approximately at 1:30 p.m., a welder was operating a milling machine in the machine shop to fabricate two sheet metal pieces for a printing press (screen printing industry). His left hand middle fingertip became caught in the two sheet metal pieces and a running drill bit of the equipment.

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