# Amputations at INTERPLEX DAYSTAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043683` · 4/17/2018 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** INTERPLEX DAYSTAR, INC.
- **Location:** 11130 W. King St., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 22:50 hrs. on April 17, 2018, an employee was changing a reel on a machine when the die actuated and came down on his left hand, resulting in a partial amputation to the first knuckle of his index finger.

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