# Amputations at Caterpillar, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088274` · 8/28/2017 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Sandford Street, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flipping an approximately 100-pound part on a parts tub/table when his finger was smashed and partially amputated between the part and the table.

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