# Amputations at CATERPILLAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016021056` · 2/3/2016 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR, INC.
- **Location:** 100 TRACTOR DR., EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee engaged in painting operations for large tractors became entangled in the equipment and suffered a distal forearm amputation.

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