# Amputations at COLONY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191010339` · 10/3/2019 · ELGIN, 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** COLONY, INC.
- **Location:** 2500 GALVIN DR., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60124
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a wood chip that was jamming a saw. After clearing the jam, the employee became caught in moving parts inside the saw and suffered amputation of his right index finger at the second knuckle.

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