# Amputations at Wieland Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054110` · 5/5/2017 · WHEELING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wieland Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 567 Northgate Pkwy, WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was un-jamming a machine while an air cylinder had residual air in it. The machine actuated, amputating the employee's right pinky fingertip.

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