# Amputations at Effingham Equity
> OSHA SIR `2020021434` · 2/13/2020 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Effingham Equity
- **Location:** 201 West Roadway Ave, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an airlock machine when it amputated his left index, middle, and ring fingertips.

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