# Amputations at Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp
> OSHA SIR `20171110994` · 11/15/2017 · ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp
- **Location:** 8111 31st Street West, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 61201
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 15, 2017, an employee was unloading landscaping stone from a conveyor belt when his right ring finger was caught and partially amputated in a machinery clamp.

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