# Amputations at WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2020032390` · 3/13/2020 · RICHMOND, 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:** WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO.
- **Location:** 5710 KENOSHA STREET, RICHMOND, ILLINOIS, 60071
- **NAICS:** 334513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding tubes into a draw machine. The employee's left ring and middle fingers were pinched between two tubes, and a fingertip was crushed and amputated.

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