# Amputations at INLAND DIE CASTING COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019044384` · 4/30/2019 · WHEELING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** INLAND DIE CASTING COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 161 CARPENTER AVE., WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a spur gear from a die casting machine. The spur gear slipped and caught his left finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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