# Amputations at Sam Beetz & Sons
> OSHA SIR `20180910085` · 9/30/2018 · MENDOTA, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Harvesting and threshing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam Beetz & Sons
- **Location:** US RT 52 @ IL RT 251, MENDOTA, ILLINOIS, 61342
- **NAICS:** 111199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a running ear corn picker machine when two fingers were amputated, requiring hospitalization.

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