# Amputations at J.L. Clark LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076593` · 7/17/2017 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J.L. Clark LLC
- **Location:** 923 23rd Ave, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing jammed material from a machine when his right middle and ring fingertips were caught and amputated in the machine, which was unguarded at the time.

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