# Amputations at Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076445` · 7/12/2017 · LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Franklin Blvd., LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60048
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was trying to troubleshoot a motor. His hand slipped into the rotating motor blades resulting in amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips.

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