# Amputations at CATERPILLAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016065307` · 6/15/2016 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR, INC.
- **Location:** BLDG. KK, 901 W. WASHINGTON ST., EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about June 15, 2016, an employee was moving a nylon board to the assembly table and in the processed pinched her left index finger resulting in a partial amputation.

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