# Amputations at Morton Buildings Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010013` · 1/2/2018 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morton Buildings Inc.
- **Location:** 20 Erie Court, MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 2, 2018, an employee was retrieving a 14 ft. 2x4 board from machine he was operating when his hand slipped and was caught between the board and machine. His left ring fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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