# Amputations at Eagle Wings Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032691` · 3/23/2017 · RANTOUL, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Eagle Wings Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Shelhouse Road, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS, 61866
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 23, 2017, an employee was at the nut welder retrieving an extra nut dropped by the nut feeder when the employee's left fingertip was caught and amputated between the nut being retrieved and the tip of the welder.

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