# Amputations at Mueller Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110898` · 11/17/2020 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Co. LLC
- **Location:** 500 W. Eldorado, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 17, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. an employee was using a drill press when his glove became entangled in the drill bit resulting in amputation of a finger at the first knuckle.

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