# Amputations at JACOBS FIELD SERVICES NORTH AMERICA INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016065834` · 6/29/2016 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists-manual
## Employer
- **Name:** JACOBS FIELD SERVICES NORTH AMERICA INC.
- **Location:** ADM Corn Processing Plant, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scaffold using a chain fall to remove the manway cover to a vessel. As the employee removed the manway cover, the chain fall had too much slack and slipped, catching and amputating the employee's left middle fingertip.

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