# Amputations at K. HOVING RECYCLING & DISPOSAL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010143` · 1/6/2017 · WEST CHICAGO, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** K. HOVING RECYCLING & DISPOSAL, INC.
- **Location:** 1655 Powis Road, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a scrap conveyor when his glove was caught and his finger was partially amputated.

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