# Amputations at PREFERRED MACHINE & TOOL PRODUCTS CORP
> OSHA SIR `2016088203` · 8/27/2016 · BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** PREFERRED MACHINE & TOOL PRODUCTS CORP
- **Location:** 7337 S. MASON AVE., BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A employee's left ring finger was amputated when the employee and another employee were moving a wheeled cart with two I beams on it. The cart ran over a bump, the I beams shifted, and the employee's left ring finger was crushed between the two beams.

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