# Amputations at MEADEN PRECISION MACHINED PRODUCTS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020076831` · 7/20/2020 · BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** MEADEN PRECISION MACHINED PRODUCTS COMPANY
- **Location:** 16W210 83rd St., BURR RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 60527
- **NAICS:** 332721
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning an automatic screw machine, an employee's left thumb was crushed and partially amputated in the machine. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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