# Amputations at LYON, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032471` · 3/20/2017 · WATSEKA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LYON, LLC
- **Location:** 475 N Veteran's Parkway, WATSEKA, ILLINOIS, 60970
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was deburring a piece of steel on a belt sander when the metal flipped up and caught/amputated his right thumb tip between it and the belt.

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