# Amputations at CATERPILLAR
> OSHA SIR `2018066421` · 6/28/2018 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR
- **Location:** 27TH AND PERSHING, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a machining center when the employee's right index fingertip was amputated by a ball screw on the machining center's horizontal axis.

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