# Amputations at Estwing Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2017099146` · 9/23/2017 · ROCKFORD, 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:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Estwing Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 2647 8th St., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 332212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to push a steel cart underneath a steel table and caught a finger between the table and the cart resulting in amputation of the upper part of his right ring finger.

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