# Amputations at Maass Midwest, Inc.*
> OSHA SIR `2017065239` · 6/8/2017 · HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Maass Midwest, Inc.*
- **Location:** 11283 Dundee Rd, HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS, 60142
- **NAICS:** 331525
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe machine to sand a brass cylinder when the employee's glove and right hand were caught in the lathe, amputating two middle fingers.

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