# Amputations at General Iron Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098514` · 9/4/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** General Iron Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1909 N. Clifton Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60614
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Septembers 4, 2017, an employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when it amputated his right thumb tip. The conveyor belt was running and unguarded at the time.

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