# Amputations at WORK AREA PROTECTION CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016109910` · 10/21/2016 · SAINT CHARLES, 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:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WORK AREA PROTECTION CORP.
- **Location:** 2500 PRODUCTION DR., SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered right index, middle, and ring finger amputations while cleaning a dust collector.

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