# Amputations at Mauser USA, LLC dba Mauser Packaging Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2020076446` · 7/10/2020 · CHICAGO, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mauser USA, LLC dba Mauser Packaging Solutions
- **Location:** 3200 S. Kilbourn Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was finishing a shift and preparing the miscellaneous pail line for the next (first) shift.  The employee was trouble-shooting the clutch mechanism or making a last-minute adjustment on the curler machine when it cycled and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.

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