# Amputations at Ametek, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032045` · 3/3/2020 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Ametek, Inc.
- **Location:** 3021 Delany Road, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cable-cutting machine. As she was realigning a cable, the machine actuated and amputated the tip of her right thumb.

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