# Amputations at AECOM, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099083` · 9/2/2018 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AECOM, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Tractor Drive, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to change a cooling liquid bag filter on a machine when the strap broke, causing the filter's metal strainer to come down on the employee's left hand and amputate the left middle fingertip.

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