# Amputations at Action Technology, A Tekni-Plex Company
> OSHA SIR `2015129840` · 12/8/2015 · CLINTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Action Technology, A Tekni-Plex Company
- **Location:** 10610 Highway 10, CLINTON, ILLINOIS, 61727
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 8, 2015, an employee working in the First building on line 6 at the fixed extrusion machine smashed his finger between a flange and a pneumatic plunger resulting in the partial amputation of the employee's left index finger.

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