# Amputations at Areva Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016109759` · 10/17/2016 · BRACEVILLE, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Areva Inc
- **Location:** 3500 IL 53, BRACEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60407
- **NAICS:** 541690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rebuilding an intensifier on a high-pressure pump when the machine became energized by a remote operator. The piston on the pump extended on a hydraulic cylinder while the employee's hands were in the machine, pinching and amputating a finger between the cylinder and machine.

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