# Amputations at PAN OCEANIC ENGINEERING, CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031092` · 3/10/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** PAN OCEANIC ENGINEERING, CO., INC.
- **Location:** 18th St.  & Damon Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60614
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempting to remove a quick-release mechanism suffered a fingertip amputation from a spring-loaded pin in the opening where his finger was inserted.

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