# Amputations at Acme Screw Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018021118` · 2/2/2018 · CHERRY VALLEY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acme Screw Co.
- **Location:** 125 E. State Street, CHERRY VALLEY, ILLINOIS, 61016
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 2, 2018, an employee was operating a foot pedal activated shaver screw machine and amputated the right middle finger to the first joint. The point of operation was not guarded at the time.

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