# Amputations at Plews, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015075306` · 7/31/2015 · DIXON, 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Plews, Inc.
- **Location:** 1550 Franklin Grove Rd, DIXON, ILLINOIS, 61021
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an auto-bend machine. She was inserting a piece of metal bar into the machine when her finger got caught in the machine. Her finger was smashed between the metal bar and the tubing, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

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