# Amputations at Walsh Construction
> OSHA SIR `20171211694` · 12/9/2017 · EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Walsh Construction
- **Location:** 2255 Campus Dr., EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60201
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a portable heater when his finger was caught in the grating protecting the fan blade on the rear of the heater. His left ring fingertip was amputated with no loss of bone.

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