# Amputations at BRAD FOOTE GEAR WORKS
> OSHA SIR `2017032223` · 3/10/2017 · CICERO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gears
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** BRAD FOOTE GEAR WORKS
- **Location:** 3250 S. Central Ave., CICERO, ILLINOIS, 60804
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a gear onto a metal shop rack and caught his left ring finger between the gear and the rack resulting in an amputation injury.

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